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[kombat]

I'm trying to put together something to clean my kegerator lines and taps. I know most people will just fill a keg with cleaner and push it through with CO2, but I have 2 Chugger pumps and want to use one of them instead, and save the CO2.

I'm trying to construct a silicone tubing that's open on one end (to connect to the barb on the outlet port of my pump, and a ball-lock liquid-out keg post on the other end, that I can attach the quick disconnect to from my kegerator. The problem I'm having is sourcing the parts for the bits at the hardware end of the tubing.

That is, I need a ball lock liquid-out keg post and poppet (already bought, they're 9/16-18 size threads), a 1/2" barb (easy enough to find), and a piece to connect them (that's where I'm having my problem). That middle bit has to have a male flare fitting on one end that the keg post can screw onto, and a female receiver on the other end to screw the barb into.

Why is this so hard to build? Where can I get that middle bit? Or is there a better way to circulate cleaning solution/rinse/StarSan through my kegerator lines and taps?

 

[dyqik]

If you are prepared to swap the 9/16" ball lock to a 19/32" ball lock post ($8 for the post at AIH), you can use this 1/4" MPT to 19/32" 18 post fitting adapter. It's easy enough to adapt 1/4" MPT to a 1/2" hose barb.

http://www.homebrewing.org/Plug-Adapter-14-MPT-x-1932_p_4640.html



You can also use a hand pumped garden sprayer with a ball lock post screwed on in place of it's nozzle, rather than CO2 and keg to push line cleaner. Total cost is about $15 if you buy the sprayer at Home Depot/Lowes and the ball lock post online.

 

[dothedrew730]

Something like this?

http://www.williamsbrewing.com/MALE-NPT-CORNY-POST-ADAPTER-P3404.aspx

I usually skip the barb and just use tubing that is big enough to accept the post adapter. I use a hose clamp to tighten against leaks. At that point you can almost skip the disconnect assembly and hose clamp the keg line inside the silicone tubing.

[Edit: posted at same time as above]

 

[kombat]

You can also use a hand pumped garden sprayer with a ball lock post screwed on in place of it's nozzle, rather than CO2 and keg to push line cleaner. Total cost is about $15 if you buy the sprayer at Home Depot/Lowes and the ball lock post online.

Yeah, I've already built one of those (following the instructions of one of the threads around here on HBT, actually). I use it to clean out my picnic tap lines, but it leaks like crazy. I don't know if it's because of a poor fit, or the plastic nozzle of the sprayer itself, but I was hoping for a more precise fit for this new project, as I plan to run it in the kitchen by the kegerator, and I can't have PBW water spraying all over our hardwood floors.

Thanks for the AIH link, that adapter looks like exactly what I need. I'll see if they ship to Canada.

 

[blizz81]

Yeah, I've already built one of those (following the instructions of one of the threads around here on HBT, actually). I use it to clean out my picnic tap lines, but it leaks like crazy. I don't know if it's because of a poor fit, or the plastic nozzle of the sprayer itself, but I was hoping for a more precise fit for this new project, as I plan to run it in the kitchen by the kegerator, and I can't have PBW water spraying all over our hardwood floors.

Mine leaked at the flare connector - the length of the threading wasn't enough for how deep the connector went. Nothing a little super glue didn't solve. You'd definitely get more "oomph" out of a pump though, especially a chugger.