I bought a kegerator off craigslist for $25 (no tower, but I already had one waiting for a refrig to become available, instead a commercial kegerator did!). I am waiting for some spare parts to arrive to fix it back up to its original condition, but was wondering what I could do about insulating and cooling the tower. I don't particularly want lots of condensation externally, so I was thinking of possibly insulating it fairly well. I ordered a blower assembly online with a hose to run to the top of the tower, but I was wondering what the best way to insulate the lines was. I saw the following diagram on micromatic' website, showing a tube within an insulated tube design that i think is meant to be used for long runs of beer line:
Would this be the best way to insulate it, or should I run a 1.5" copper pipe up the 3" wide tower and run all the lines and blower up that, then fill the space between the copper tube and the tower wall with great stuff foam insulation? I could also use great stuff foam to fill in the space between the beer line insulation and the tower wall if I built a system like the linked picture above, as well. The insulating foam that came with the tower is just SO WIMPY. Might as well not be there at all. Anyone ever tried blow in insulation on a tower before?
Any thoughts?
Klaus
Would this be the best way to insulate it, or should I run a 1.5" copper pipe up the 3" wide tower and run all the lines and blower up that, then fill the space between the copper tube and the tower wall with great stuff foam insulation? I could also use great stuff foam to fill in the space between the beer line insulation and the tower wall if I built a system like the linked picture above, as well. The insulating foam that came with the tower is just SO WIMPY. Might as well not be there at all. Anyone ever tried blow in insulation on a tower before?
Any thoughts?
Klaus