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**bradsul** · 03-20-2008, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Paulinuke

I am sure you guys with the sticking faucets have heard this before but just in case I will post it again. I have 5 standard chrome faucets on my kegerator and sometimes a tap won't be used for weeks, what I do is keep a spray bottle of star san by the kegerator and at the end of the night I spray a squirt of two of star san up into any faucet I used that night. Using this method I have never had a faucet stick. I would like to get some new faucets, they just aren't in the budget right now. I hope this helps somebody. Paul

I do this as well, but it doesn't work on my faucets. I keep doing it anyway though to keep the faucets clean (don't want any mold or anything developing in there).

rdwj · 03-20-2008, 02:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paulinuke

I am sure you guys with the sticking faucets have heard this before but just in case I will post it again. I have 5 standard chrome faucets on my kegerator and sometimes a tap won't be used for weeks, what I do is keep a spray bottle of star san by the kegerator and at the end of the night I spray a squirt of two of star san up into any faucet I used that night. Using this method I have never had a faucet stick. I would like to get some new faucets, they just aren't in the budget right now. I hope this helps somebody. Paul

Good idea - I'll give it a shot. I just cleaned all my lines and taps, so I'm starting fresh. We'll see if it helps. It can't hurt - that's for sure.

Shaggy · 03-20-2008, 05:15 PM

I bought a couple Perlicks recently thanks to this thread heads up:

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f11/seat-forward-ss-faucet-under-30-00-a-57978/

Mine were $29.99 then but now they're $32.99.

I installed the new faucet last night. The big test will be that I'm leaving on vacation this Sat. through Sunday the 30th...so when I return, I should expect no stick whereas my standard would have felt cemented for sure lol.

**kal** · 03-22-2008, 12:49 AM

After all the horror stories I've read here, I skipped right over the cheaper faucets and went with the forward sealing ones.

I'm also a 1-beer-a-day type guy and sometimes some of the taps will go 2 weeks before being pulled, and they're never stuck.

The Perlick/Ventmatics also look so much nicer:

Kal

**Liquidicem** · 03-22-2008, 01:08 AM

Very nice setup Kal. I like that a lot.

Shaggy · 03-22-2008, 02:08 AM

Sweet setup indeed!

**kal** · 03-22-2008, 01:30 PM

Thanks guys! Having great home-made beer on tap is definitely the best part. I love having taps instead of bottles. It was a pain to set up but I love the results.

Kal

bjpetraitis · 11-06-2009, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by kal

After all the horror stories I've read here, I skipped right over the cheaper faucets and went with the forward sealing ones.

I'm also a 1-beer-a-day type guy and sometimes some of the taps will go 2 weeks before being pulled, and they're never stuck.

The Perlick/Ventmatics also look so much nicer:

Kal

WOW!!!!!

Can you post more pics. I would love to see how you ran the lines. Is that black fridge on the backside holding the kegs? Where did you get that sign? I love that set up and it looks fantastic!!! You have inspired me to make something like that.

**kal** · 11-08-2009, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by bjpetraitis

WOW!!!!!

Can you post more pics. I would love to see how you ran the lines. Is that black fridge on the backside holding the kegs? Where did you get that sign? I love that set up and it looks fantastic!!! You have inspired me to make something like that.

Start reading in this thread starting here: http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/forced-use-1-4-not-3-16-15-beer-line-37060/index3.html#post389102

I'll eventually have this all up on my www.TheElectricBrewery.com web site (very early work in progress).

My freezer just died a few days ago (sigh) so I need to get a new one and redo it all. Crap.

Kal

philrose · 11-08-2009, 05:37 PM

not much is more annoying than a standard faucet that has not been used in a month or so. I had to steam it open, lame!

I'm going perlick too!