Cheesefood
Well-Known Member
Some of you may remember my thread about the troubles I was having getting my posts on my kegs. Well, things got fun today. I figured out that problem and others.
I wanted to keg my hefe. Simple enough task, right? Wrong!
I brought the keg to the garage so I could fill it with water an sanitize it. I noticed that the ball-lock wasn't screwed back on. Then came the first obstacle: Find the wrench.
After a half hour of searching, I realized that the wrench was right in the spot where it should be. I kept thinking it was the wrong one. Next obstacle: Tighten the ball-lock.
It wouldn't fit. I tried, but it just didn't fit on the post. So I switched the inlet with the outlet ball-lock. The outlet fit on the post, but now the inlet
wouldn't fit. So then I realized something I had done wrong a while ago - when the kegs arrived, I removed all the ball locks at the same time and dumped them in a cup to sanitize them. Little did I realize that not all ball-locks are the same.
So, an hour goes by and I'm mixing and matching them. Finally I get them all on and then I realize that there IS a BIG difference between inlet ball locks and outlet ball locks. So now I have to go back and keep switching back and forth until each keg has the right inlet and outlet.
UGH!!! I had no clue that these pieces weren't interchangeable.
In all, it took 2 hours to get everything together correctly. I'll never make that mistake again!
I wanted to keg my hefe. Simple enough task, right? Wrong!
I brought the keg to the garage so I could fill it with water an sanitize it. I noticed that the ball-lock wasn't screwed back on. Then came the first obstacle: Find the wrench.
After a half hour of searching, I realized that the wrench was right in the spot where it should be. I kept thinking it was the wrong one. Next obstacle: Tighten the ball-lock.
It wouldn't fit. I tried, but it just didn't fit on the post. So I switched the inlet with the outlet ball-lock. The outlet fit on the post, but now the inlet
wouldn't fit. So then I realized something I had done wrong a while ago - when the kegs arrived, I removed all the ball locks at the same time and dumped them in a cup to sanitize them. Little did I realize that not all ball-locks are the same.
So, an hour goes by and I'm mixing and matching them. Finally I get them all on and then I realize that there IS a BIG difference between inlet ball locks and outlet ball locks. So now I have to go back and keep switching back and forth until each keg has the right inlet and outlet.
UGH!!! I had no clue that these pieces weren't interchangeable.
In all, it took 2 hours to get everything together correctly. I'll never make that mistake again!