StunnedMonkey
Well-Known Member
So I'm trying to get this keezer put together. Today some stuff came from Midwest Supplies. I got some of that red 5/16 inch co2 tubing, two co2 splitters, and 6 barbed ball lock gas fittings. I already have the regulator and co2 bottle.
So all of the barbs...on the regulator and the co2 splitter fit the 5/16 inch co2 tubing just fine. But WTH are the barbs on the BALL LOCK GAS FITTING a freaking different size!?!? These are the ones:
Ball Lock Gas Fitting Barbed :: Midwest Supplies Homebrewing and Winemaking Supplies
If everything else (all from the same vendor) has gas barbs sized for 5/16 on all connections (and the co2 gas lines they sell are 5/16) why would the BALL LOCK GAS FITTING have a barb of a different size?
I don't get it. And worse, there's nothing in the description that says, "these ball lock gas fittings are barbed, but be warned that the barb size DOESN'T MATCH ALL OF THE OTHER STANDARD CO2 SIZE BARBS.
What should I be using for ball lock fittings that connect properly to a 5/16 inch co2 line?
So all of the barbs...on the regulator and the co2 splitter fit the 5/16 inch co2 tubing just fine. But WTH are the barbs on the BALL LOCK GAS FITTING a freaking different size!?!? These are the ones:
Ball Lock Gas Fitting Barbed :: Midwest Supplies Homebrewing and Winemaking Supplies
If everything else (all from the same vendor) has gas barbs sized for 5/16 on all connections (and the co2 gas lines they sell are 5/16) why would the BALL LOCK GAS FITTING have a barb of a different size?
I don't get it. And worse, there's nothing in the description that says, "these ball lock gas fittings are barbed, but be warned that the barb size DOESN'T MATCH ALL OF THE OTHER STANDARD CO2 SIZE BARBS.
What should I be using for ball lock fittings that connect properly to a 5/16 inch co2 line?