mister704
Well-Known Member
So I am trying to see what is the right about of CO2 for serving out of my mini keg beer dispenser.
Getting a little bit too much head on my beers and it being a little foamy. So I went and read a site that had this breakdown
Beer Line Length Formula:
L = (P -(H x .5) 1 ) / R
Where:
L = length of beer line in feet
P = pressure set of regulator
H = total height from center of keg to faucet in feet
R = resistance of the line from the following table
1 = residual pressure remaining at faucet (this can be increased to 2 if you need to increase pressure to increase dispense rate)
Line Type: Resistance:
3/8 OD stainless beverage tubing .2
5/16 OD stainless beverage tubing .5
1/4 OD stainless beverage tubing 2
3/8 ID plastic beer line .11
5/16 ID plastic beer line .17
1/4 ID plastic beer line .7
3/16 ID plastic beer line 2.7
Example:
L = ( 21.7-(2 x .5)-1 ) / 2.7
L = 7.3 feet of beer line, or 7′ 4
So my question is should I really be setting it to around 2psi using 1/4 ID vinyl tubing. That just seems so low. Because I have roughly 1.5ft of line inside the keg dispenser. So when calculated backwards, that puts me right around 2psi for serving.
I had it set to 10psi but that would need like 11ft of tubing. Im a noob at this
Math =
1.42 length = (2psi - (0 x .5) - 1)/.7 for 1/4 ID tubing.
Does this even sound right??
Getting a little bit too much head on my beers and it being a little foamy. So I went and read a site that had this breakdown
Beer Line Length Formula:
L = (P -(H x .5) 1 ) / R
Where:
L = length of beer line in feet
P = pressure set of regulator
H = total height from center of keg to faucet in feet
R = resistance of the line from the following table
1 = residual pressure remaining at faucet (this can be increased to 2 if you need to increase pressure to increase dispense rate)
Line Type: Resistance:
3/8 OD stainless beverage tubing .2
5/16 OD stainless beverage tubing .5
1/4 OD stainless beverage tubing 2
3/8 ID plastic beer line .11
5/16 ID plastic beer line .17
1/4 ID plastic beer line .7
3/16 ID plastic beer line 2.7
Example:
L = ( 21.7-(2 x .5)-1 ) / 2.7
L = 7.3 feet of beer line, or 7′ 4
So my question is should I really be setting it to around 2psi using 1/4 ID vinyl tubing. That just seems so low. Because I have roughly 1.5ft of line inside the keg dispenser. So when calculated backwards, that puts me right around 2psi for serving.
I had it set to 10psi but that would need like 11ft of tubing. Im a noob at this
Math =
1.42 length = (2psi - (0 x .5) - 1)/.7 for 1/4 ID tubing.
Does this even sound right??
