polecreek
Well-Known Member
This is still in progress, Hope the kids dont notice their scooter missing, I needed parts.
I must say that's the first cooler I have seen with a collar on it. Just may be my next project!
I have heard copper is a no-no in a jockey box. Stainless cost more and is a pain to work with.
Is it viable to use vinyl beer line in a jockey box? If you had a big coil of line, submerged in ice water, would you see much cooling of the beer?
no plastic would not work. Copper is fine just don't ket the beer sit in it for a long time.
Nice job! You could always take off the top cooler and add a boom box. That'd be a bitching tailgating rig!
My HB friends made a jockey box with plastic hose. Its seems to work but I think the lines are quite a bit longer than whats needed for a metal line. The plastic acts as an insulator so it not a very efficient heat transfer material.
We used this jockey box in the middle of August. Noon to 6PM. The kegs were also on ice too. Never had a problem. We had 4 taps on the box. I can't tell how well it works w/o icing down the kegs.
If I was gonna spend the money on metal I'd get the plates.
If the kegs were on ice then I would say that the ice around the plastic (insolated) hose did jack for dropping the temp.
Or an LCD TV! The possibilities are endless...
Nice job, how did you make the cart?
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