Yah, Fridge Upgrade...a Good Thing Just Got Better!

Well, I got tired of only having 4 beers on tap, so I decided to shake up my operation. Going into tonight, I had: one kegerator, with dual tower, dual reg; one big fridge with single reg, gas line split with tee, two picnic taps.

What I did was, I swapped the regs so the tower kegerator has the single reg with the split gas line, and bought a 3-way manifold for the big fridge. Now I have one of the gauges going to the 3-way manifold (mainly for serving) and the other gauge is singled out for force-carbing or serving. Plus, a couple more picnic taps, means I have 6 flowing now, and the capacity to force-carb without taking the other 3 out of commission.

Word.

Really nice job/setup, how long did it take you to get the job done?

is there only a single vertical pole holding that whole thing up?

RICLARK said:

Really nice job/setup, how long did it take you to get the job done?

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Well, the original job didn't take too long...just feeding some tubing and tossing kegs in there. The upgrade last night took maybe an hour and a half, between cutting tubing, soaking the ends in warm water, tightening the worm clamps and switching stuff around.

Chimone said:

is there only a single vertical pole holding that whole thing up?

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Yeah, I figure, a 2x is alls I need for 4 kegs

Nah, the original wire shelving is actually pretty sturdy, and it's got 4 supports on the sides that are part of the original fridge design. Because 4 full kegs are heavy, I added some pressure treated wood planking to the wire shelf, and even though that has proven to be enough to hold 4 kegs on its own with very little deflection, I still keep that vertical 2x in there as insurance. I shudder to think what would happen if that thing collapsed and there was nothing to hold it up.

pics of shuddering?

Henry Hill said:

pics of shuddering?

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say huh? whatsatmean?

Evan! said:

I shudder to think what would happen if that thing collapsed and there was nothing to hold it up.

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Never actually seen shuddering.

Henry Hill said:

Never actually seen shuddering.

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Happy now?

I have something similar with my Keezer. I have 1 of the dual regs feeding a 4 way splitter and the other feeding a 2 way splitter. If everything on tap is served at the same pressure I run all 4 taps from the 4 way and have the ability to force carb 2. Otherwise I can serve at two pressures from the taps. I could also run four taps and 2 picnic taps if need be.

jfrizzell said:

Happy now?

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That's shivering

rsava423 said:

That's shivering

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S'whatIwasthinkin'.