kegerator build very pic heavy

kair · Jul 20, 2010

I decided to build and I just thought y'all could appreciate it.

PICTURES!!!!!

Before

The box

Covering the box with wood flooring

Cutting the vents for the air intake
(I also put a mesh screen in-between the box and the wood flooring to keep pet hair and dust from getting into the fridge's air filter)

Installing casters with wheel cutouts.

Wood floor on box w/vents for the refrigerator air intake and casters installed.

kair · Jul 20, 2010

The bar cut down to the right size draft tower mock up

Tavern heads

Mock up on floor covered box

Cutting the holes for the heads

Installing said head

Cutting plumbing holes and fitting shims
The small hole is for a fan and the large one is for the beer lines.

The shim is a large aluminum can.

kair · Jul 20, 2010

Laying tile

another mock up

kair · Jul 20, 2010

So this is where it sits so far.

el_kirk · Jul 20, 2010

Looking good!

humann_brewing · Jul 20, 2010

very nice, so how long until it pours beer?

kair · Jul 20, 2010

humann_brewing said:
very nice, so how long until it pours beer?

hopefully in about a week... but you know how those things go..

BillKlineVT · Jul 20, 2010

nice build! I spot a beerknurd t-shirt, ufo club member at the flying saucer? I just moved to ft worth, where are you located?

kair · Jul 20, 2010

BillKlineVT said:
nice build! I spot a beerknurd t-shirt, ufo club member at the flying saucer? I just moved to ft worth, where are you located?

Yeah I'm a member if you've been to the Ft. Worth store there is a good chance you have seen me. I'm the guy with dreads.

NoNothing · Jul 20, 2010

Looks great man! I love it.

mvdilts · Jul 20, 2010

very cool!

Clayton · Jul 20, 2010

wow that is very nice looking. I hate to even say anything, but on chest freezers the out side skin is the heat exchanger, starting from the inercavity , behind that is the cooling coils and then the foam insolation and then the heat exchanger coils and the outermetal skin. so if you cover the outer skin you reduce the cooling systems abilty to move the heat from the inside of the cooler to the outside. maybe you could put a small refrigerator evaporator fan in the compressor cavity and just wire it in so that when the commpressor is run so is the fan. that with the air space you have between the outer wall and casing should force the hot air out.

kair · Jul 20, 2010

Clayton said:
wow that is very nice looking. I hate to even say anything, but on chest freezers the out side skin is the heat exchanger, starting from the inercavity , behind that is the cooling coils and then the foam insolation and then the heat exchanger coils and the outermetal skin. so if you cover the outer skin you reduce the cooling systems ability to move the heat from the inside of the cooler to the outside. maybe you could put a small refrigerator evaporator fan in the compressor cavity and just wire it in so that when the commpressor is run so is the fan. that with the air space you have between the outer wall and casing should force the hot air out.

I am planning to run two fans one inside the box and another in the gap between the freezer and box. Hopefully the one in the gap will help the circulation of the hot air and the one in the box will cool the beer in the lines of the draft tower.

:mug:

Clayton · Jul 20, 2010

yeah that should do it , i love the build and am working on something simmular , i am putting to large chest freeezer back to back and building a bar at the end with a folding table top the covers the tops of the freezers.

kair · Jul 22, 2010

Draft tower with trim installed and lid mock up, Only thing left is to tile, grout, cut one more piece of insulation, and install the fan then the tower is ready to be attached to the bar.
:rockin:

Rounded the edges of the bracing angle iron so no one cuts themselves on it.

Before

After

ILOVEBEER · Jul 22, 2010

VERY NICE BUDDY!

Awesome concept with the wood plank and tower build. NICE JOB!

kair · Jul 22, 2010

ILOVEBEER said:
VERY NICE BUDDY!

Awesome concept with the wood plank and tower build. NICE JOB!

Thanks a lot. The tower and wood floor was definitely not my idea tho. I got a lot of inspiration from the forums here.

ILOVEBEER · Jul 22, 2010

My entire existence on this board is due to influence from the gurus and postings I found on this board...that is why it is here....for everyone to help one another. Pour one for me homie...take care and good luck with the kegerator.

kair · Jul 26, 2010

So we got it moved into the house and all of the trim attached we still need to grout and run the plumbing then we are done.

the pic sucks. Ill take out the camera and take some good ones when everything is finished.

No trim

With trim installed

NoNothing · Jul 26, 2010

Looks great man!

So no drip tray? going to just wipe off the tile?

Reno_eNVy · Jul 26, 2010

Looks amazing! I love the fact that it is still usable as a table/bar on either side. Can't wait to see that bad boy in action.

brewagentjay · Jul 26, 2010

Looking good.

kegerator build *very pic heavy*

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