Alright, I finally picked these up this morning and man are they heavy. They consist of two main brass parts, the horizontal and vertical portions of the Tee. The main shaft going up the tower unscrews right at the Tee, and the two ends and the top of the Tee come off easily (no tools required). Each of the Carlsberg insignias come off very easily as well. I also took out the faucets and removed the tap handles without the need of any tools. Pretty easy so far.
However, it seems as if the faucets are constructed differently than shown on
Micromatic's Site. If you click on the replacement parts link it shows a nice breakdown of their faucet. Micromatic's spouts are not attached to their faucet, and that's where they place their restrictor plate. The spout on my faucets is a solid piece of brass, there is no way to remove the spout. So it seems like just putting in a restrictor plate on these might take some thinking and a bit more disassembling of the faucet. I will take some pictures and post them once I dig up my camera.
An interesting note is that the two thick lines that you can see in the picture to the right are the cooling lines for the tower. The actual beer lines are much smaller in diameter, and have two of these small lines going to each tap. Both of these things seemed strange to me. Why such a small line and why two of them to each tap?
The biggest thing before I can even consider using them, is the absence of any fastening capabilities at the base. No bracket, no holes, nada. I'm curious to know how they were installed in the bar.
If I were a welding guy it seems the best solution would be to just weld an annular bracket around the base, drill and thread some holes through it and mount it like any other tower...but I can't weld. However, after a quick search it seems possible to do something like this, but what do I know.
Also, the tower
can plug in to the wall to light up the Carlsberg signs, but I think I'm just going to pull it all out.
Once mounting the base is set in order, plumbing and insulating the tower is the only thing that needs to be done before they can pour something. I have a feeling I'm going to have to take apart one of the faucets completely to see where, if anywhere, I'll be able to put in a restrictor plate before I can consider using beergas.
Anybody have any thoughts or tips? I promise once I find my camera I'll post some close ups of the areas I'm talking about. If anybody wants to see anything specific let me know, I'll be sure to take a picture.
