LittleBlood
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I've lurked on the boards for ages and read up hours and hours on HBT. Rarely to I come across something that isn't already answered in an existing post.... but this issue came up that I haven't seen mentioned before:
So I'm in the midst of a Keezer build. I'm putting a dual tap tower on the lid like a bunch of builds I've seen in ther "Show us your Kegerator" thread. So far all is well. What I'm trying to do is have 1 of the taps always be beer and the other tap be able to "easily" switch between beer and soda water (SWMBO's request) depending on the occasion.
I've got picnic taps setup for soda water (like 20'-25' of line) and since the standard tap tower kit comes with a short line (5' to 8' which is great for beer), I'm looking for a way to switch between beer and soda without having to dismantle my tower every time.
Here are the 2 options I came up with so far:
a) Put a Tee in the beer line that connects the tap faucet to a short (8') beer line with ball valve quick disconnect on one side of the Tee and the long (20') soda water line on the other. Obviously in this setup only one quick disconnect will be connected to a keg at any given time, but both will always be there (attached in the Tee). Is this reasonable? Could there be any problems with this regarding pressure or flowing into the "dead" line of hose?
b)Some sort of in-line hose quick disconnect so depending on which liquid I have I can hook up the appropriate hose associated with it. Does such a connection exist? can it handle the 25-30psi of the soda water?
Bottom line, I want to provide the option of soda water, but if its a party or something I plan on having 2 beers (or a cider and a beer) for the tap tower. Additionally the current keezer is as big as we can go, so no I can't just add a third keg and have a dedicated soda water line like so many of you are probably thinking Open to any suggestions.
So I'm in the midst of a Keezer build. I'm putting a dual tap tower on the lid like a bunch of builds I've seen in ther "Show us your Kegerator" thread. So far all is well. What I'm trying to do is have 1 of the taps always be beer and the other tap be able to "easily" switch between beer and soda water (SWMBO's request) depending on the occasion.
I've got picnic taps setup for soda water (like 20'-25' of line) and since the standard tap tower kit comes with a short line (5' to 8' which is great for beer), I'm looking for a way to switch between beer and soda without having to dismantle my tower every time.
Here are the 2 options I came up with so far:
a) Put a Tee in the beer line that connects the tap faucet to a short (8') beer line with ball valve quick disconnect on one side of the Tee and the long (20') soda water line on the other. Obviously in this setup only one quick disconnect will be connected to a keg at any given time, but both will always be there (attached in the Tee). Is this reasonable? Could there be any problems with this regarding pressure or flowing into the "dead" line of hose?
b)Some sort of in-line hose quick disconnect so depending on which liquid I have I can hook up the appropriate hose associated with it. Does such a connection exist? can it handle the 25-30psi of the soda water?
Bottom line, I want to provide the option of soda water, but if its a party or something I plan on having 2 beers (or a cider and a beer) for the tap tower. Additionally the current keezer is as big as we can go, so no I can't just add a third keg and have a dedicated soda water line like so many of you are probably thinking Open to any suggestions.