Dagatris
Well-Known Member
After a large order from AHS last week, I finally got the kegerator up and running this weekend.
I successfully ran the gas line through the side of the fridge to the manifold which I mounted inside. Didn't hit any coolant lines either! Then I put the 3 shanks thru the fridge door. So far so good. Screwed on the new Perlick faucets on the outside of the fridge door.
All that's left is connecting the beer line to the shank tailpiece, then hooking up the kegs. I ran out of small hose clamps, and didn't want to attach the liquid line to the tailpiece without them. So off to Lowes I went. I took one of the Perlicks with me so I could buy a threaded insert, I wanted to make my own tap handle.
Got the clamps and inserts, headed back home. Attached the liquid line and I was good to go. Ok, cranked up the gas, all the kegs are under pressure, no leaks from the manifold. Hooked up the first liquid line. This was to my wifes keg of Belgian Chocolate Stout. Liquid flowing into the line, hmmm, that doesn't seem right. It should be closed. I dunno, maybe it's just......BAGOOOSH!!
A 3 foot stream of Stout came spraying out of the fridge door. It shot across and sprayed the wall, beer all over the floor too. There was at least 1-2 seconds of total shock. Then I realized what was happening and pulled the disconnect back off the keg. I had forgotten to put the faucet back on the fridge. Mass profanities were used.
In the end, it was only about half a beer that sprayed forth. But it was enough to make me scared of the kegerator for the rest of the weekend. No pictures of the explosion, as I had the steam cleaner on the spill within 3 minutes.
I successfully ran the gas line through the side of the fridge to the manifold which I mounted inside. Didn't hit any coolant lines either! Then I put the 3 shanks thru the fridge door. So far so good. Screwed on the new Perlick faucets on the outside of the fridge door.
All that's left is connecting the beer line to the shank tailpiece, then hooking up the kegs. I ran out of small hose clamps, and didn't want to attach the liquid line to the tailpiece without them. So off to Lowes I went. I took one of the Perlicks with me so I could buy a threaded insert, I wanted to make my own tap handle.
Got the clamps and inserts, headed back home. Attached the liquid line and I was good to go. Ok, cranked up the gas, all the kegs are under pressure, no leaks from the manifold. Hooked up the first liquid line. This was to my wifes keg of Belgian Chocolate Stout. Liquid flowing into the line, hmmm, that doesn't seem right. It should be closed. I dunno, maybe it's just......BAGOOOSH!!
A 3 foot stream of Stout came spraying out of the fridge door. It shot across and sprayed the wall, beer all over the floor too. There was at least 1-2 seconds of total shock. Then I realized what was happening and pulled the disconnect back off the keg. I had forgotten to put the faucet back on the fridge. Mass profanities were used.
In the end, it was only about half a beer that sprayed forth. But it was enough to make me scared of the kegerator for the rest of the weekend. No pictures of the explosion, as I had the steam cleaner on the spill within 3 minutes.