Keg cleaning kit purchase error?

[EMahn]

So I recently re-booted my beer-making hobby after a 15 year hiatus. This time I decided to move to kegs. I got a lot of equipment, most of it in use and working great. But I think I may have bought something that I don't need.

When I was looking at various things to buy, I saw beer line cleaning kits. Some of them are hand pump operated to build pressure to push beer line cleaning fluid through the system. The one I bought (here) you connect to your CO2 tank to push the cleaning fluid.

So I have one corny keg, soon to be two. I am now thinking that perhaps this cleaning kit is really only needed for a sanke keg systems and unnecessary for a corny keg since it would be easy for me to just put cleaning fluid into an unused keg. Am I thinking correctly and should I return the kit? I bought it with the notion of making things easy as possible, but now I don't get it.

Any help is appreciated.

-E

 

[HumulusHead]

It would be just as easy to use a spare keg.

But that being said, you would need a spare keg. I clean using a spare keg but have to wait til I have an empty keg.

I am looking into getting something like this so I don't have to rely on having an empty keg.

Also I would feel better using something like you got because I feel it will save on Co2!


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[HumulusHead]

Believe me. At first you may think having one keg is enough, even if you only dispense one at a time.

It soon becomes that two is enough. And then three is enough. And then you are wanting 4,5,6 ha.

Nice to keep your options open


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[Hello]

Not a bad purchase but I made one myself for much less. Check out the DIY line cleaner in the DIY section here.

 

[k1ngl1ves]

I use a keg that has a small pinhole near the top, so I can't use it for beer. Bought it for $10. I'd have to cut away the rubber until I found it, so I never repaired it. Plus, I'm lazy.

Just use a spare keg. Yet another reason to buy more!!!!

 

[Zubius]

@EMahn - Return that thing and check this out - https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/diy-beer-line-cleaner-226497/