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Where did you get that type of insulation for the lid?! I've been looking around for it, but I can't seem to find it. I need to do the same exactly lining on the top like you did. Is there any special name to it?

juvinious

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I used foam board insulation from lowes. Here is a link.
I used some greatstuff to fill in the cracks around the sides.
Hope that helps.

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Thanks! I'm guessing you used the 1". Is that enought insulation for the top or are you losing coldness?

juvinious

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Yeah 1".
As to losing coldness not as much as I expected since the thing is in my backyard but it does get extremely warm outside. At high temperatures it tends to kick on more often than not. Since I got some extra foam board I'm contemplating doubling up on it and insulating the sides of the inside of the collar to see if that improves it.
I'm quite satisfied with the performance otherwise.

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Forgot to show closeups on the blower here they are below:


And here is the new 5-way secondary regulator:


I also added tape around the foam that was exposed, it improved the insulation allot.

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That looks awesome!! I love the cherry finish on it

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Very nice. I like the cherry stain as well.

How does your drip tray work? Do you just have to empty it every once in a while, or do you have a drain for it?

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Thanks, it seemed to be the best color at the time and what would suit the counter top well imo.

About the tray, I lift it out to clean it every so often where I can hose it down and scrub it down if necessary. Prevents me from having to have a catch pan inside the keezer and opening it up then emptying it. Plus the tray was like $17, can't beat that.

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Been over a year since I last updated this. But I finally upgraded and added the final shank in the middle.
Replaced the faucets with perlicks and added a creamer perlick in the middle. Ran into a problem with the perlicks lever being further back then a normal faucet. I had to add in some makeshift spacers to compensate, took a while but it worked. I'll have to figure out something to change that later whenever I upgrade the shanks to stainless. Oh and I also made some custom tap handles from HD stuff some months ago.
Here are the photos:

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That's so money!

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