Hi all,
I mainly lurk here but thought I would share some details on my failure to save anyone else the trouble. This was a $200 mistake and I'm sure if I were more patient and used a little common sense I would have saved myself the grief.
Earlier today I bought this,
http://www.hhgregg.com/danby-4-4-cu-ft-stainless-look-compact-all-refrigerator/item/DAR044A5BSLD
Pretty standard no freezer mini fridge. The Danby DAR044A5BSLDD.
I got some expanding foam and thermal tape. I have 2 5 gallon corny kegs and a 10 pound CO2 tank with a dual regulator. I wanted to keep the CO2 tank outside and thought drilling in through the side of the unit would be no problem. I made my first hole through the fridge and it was clean. I made the unfortunate assumption that the right side of the fridge must be free of any refrigerant lines. Welp it seems the heat exchanging lines run through both sides and the top of the unit. This all seems painfully obvious now that I've performed the autopsy.
The point of this post is more educational if anyone was considering the Danby DAR044A5BSLDD on where it is probably not safe to drill. I was thinking of just getting another now that I know where it is and is not okay to drill but I feel I should probably just look for a smaller chest freezer and avoid any sharp objects around appliances all together.
First couple pictures attached are just it out of the box and test fitting the kegs. The rest are the aftermath.
If anyone is curious about measurements on where the lines on the sides are I can take it apart further and do my best to accurately measure in case anyone wants to try and be dumb like me and drill through the sides. I would suggest just cutting out a hole from the ridge in the back. unfortunately I tried this after I had already ruined the fridge just as a proof of concept.
If you need a good laugh please feel free to have one at my expense.
I mainly lurk here but thought I would share some details on my failure to save anyone else the trouble. This was a $200 mistake and I'm sure if I were more patient and used a little common sense I would have saved myself the grief.
Earlier today I bought this,
http://www.hhgregg.com/danby-4-4-cu-ft-stainless-look-compact-all-refrigerator/item/DAR044A5BSLD
Pretty standard no freezer mini fridge. The Danby DAR044A5BSLDD.
I got some expanding foam and thermal tape. I have 2 5 gallon corny kegs and a 10 pound CO2 tank with a dual regulator. I wanted to keep the CO2 tank outside and thought drilling in through the side of the unit would be no problem. I made my first hole through the fridge and it was clean. I made the unfortunate assumption that the right side of the fridge must be free of any refrigerant lines. Welp it seems the heat exchanging lines run through both sides and the top of the unit. This all seems painfully obvious now that I've performed the autopsy.
The point of this post is more educational if anyone was considering the Danby DAR044A5BSLDD on where it is probably not safe to drill. I was thinking of just getting another now that I know where it is and is not okay to drill but I feel I should probably just look for a smaller chest freezer and avoid any sharp objects around appliances all together.
First couple pictures attached are just it out of the box and test fitting the kegs. The rest are the aftermath.
If anyone is curious about measurements on where the lines on the sides are I can take it apart further and do my best to accurately measure in case anyone wants to try and be dumb like me and drill through the sides. I would suggest just cutting out a hole from the ridge in the back. unfortunately I tried this after I had already ruined the fridge just as a proof of concept.
If you need a good laugh please feel free to have one at my expense.