A buddy of mine purchased a 4912 kegerator setup from a friend a few months ago. It is drilled through the top. Beer lines, in a PVC pipe surrounded by insulation, run up into a ceramic draft tower on top of the bar. The CO2 tank sits outside and the gas line also runs out of the top. A small project box fan pumps cold fridge air up along the beer lines and into the tower to keep the lines cold.
The problem is that it cannot get the beer even remotely cold enough. The compressor runs constantly. The back freezes up, so I think the coolant is ok. I took the seal off and made sure it was completely held on by the whiteboard. I also sealed up any gaps in the PVC pipe and/or from the top of the fridge with foam and insulation tape. If I put a flashlight inside the fridge at night, I cannot see any light escaping. Right now the corny keg is sitting at 53 degrees. There is a Johnson controller set to 39 degrees. The temp probe is in a small bottle of freezer goo.
Any ideas? I thought about a small PC fan to recirculate the air, but it seems the problem is bigger than that since the unit does not even get remotely cold enough.
The problem is that it cannot get the beer even remotely cold enough. The compressor runs constantly. The back freezes up, so I think the coolant is ok. I took the seal off and made sure it was completely held on by the whiteboard. I also sealed up any gaps in the PVC pipe and/or from the top of the fridge with foam and insulation tape. If I put a flashlight inside the fridge at night, I cannot see any light escaping. Right now the corny keg is sitting at 53 degrees. There is a Johnson controller set to 39 degrees. The temp probe is in a small bottle of freezer goo.
Any ideas? I thought about a small PC fan to recirculate the air, but it seems the problem is bigger than that since the unit does not even get remotely cold enough.