calman

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Hello,
I just bought 10 ball lock disconnects for corny kegs from a friend who is no more HB, brought them home and now I realize that I don't know which ones are for air (in) and which are for liquid (out). Is there a way to tell which is which?
Thanks.

wild

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Looking just below the o-ring, you will notice it flares out a bit on both. But, side-by-side, you will notice that one's flare is about 2x that of the other. The SHORTER (or less flared) flared fitting is your Gas-IN fitting...
the LONGER flared fitting is Beer-OUT...

Try this little "simple" saying but works.
GAS is a shorter word, and the Flaring is also Shorter
BEER is a LONGER Word and the Flaring is longer....

Good luck,
Wild

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kornkob

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Ah-- I see you bought connectors, not the kegs themselves. Never mind.

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You can also check with the pictures at morebeer.com

There are notches in the 8-sided bottom of the connector for Gas-In. I had the same problem this weekend when I cleaned some kegs


Kai

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I had a keg where the posts were the same, so when I took it apart and cleaned it, I made sure to label it for future reference. Just look inside the keg and look for the long dip tube, that is "bev out". I just put an O in perm marker on the outside of the keg post. Same for the "gas in" post, which should be a short dip tube.

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wild

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I didn't realize that it was just the diconnects. Grey for Gas - IN and Black for Beer OUT.

Good luck,
Wild

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On Tap -

1. 3 year old Oak Aged Bourbon Porter
2. Irish Red Rye
3. Robust Porter
4. Russian Imperial Stout
5. Mirror Pond Clone dry hopped with Citra
6. Mirror Pond Clone dry hopped with Centennial

Primary - Nada
Secondary -

From man's sweat and God's love, beer came into the world. -- Saint Arnoldus

calman

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Great! Thank you all.
I actually bought those handsome looking kegs as well so the above helps, Wild.