Recent content by Merkur

Wow - I had no idea these existed. I will definitely buy a bunch. Thx.

Hi - my Angram CQ had the same problem with the tube kinking. I tried many different tubes - silicone tubes, reenforced PVC tubes, rubber tubes. They all kinked and caused problems. In the end I bought the right part from Paul at UK Brewing supplies. It has worked flawlessly for 3 years...

I brew a lot of English ales and serve them on my Angram beer engine from a corny equipped with a 'FloatIt' pickup. I have a demand valve that admits CO2 to the keg when beer is drawn and feel that the keg (corny) is at close to atmospheric most of the time. There is no rush of CO2 when the...

I have the existing system plugged into a WiFi outlet that turns off every day at midnight. I turn it on manually when I need the cooling. Once again, this is with the existing system that uses 5 gallons of water in a corny keg and a submersible pump providing the trunk line cooling. When I...

This is what I am thinking to start with. An externally mounted inline pump will circulate the glycol. It's a difficult balance of cooling loads. This kegerator already runs harder (more often and hotter) than the other Komos I have alongside it. I could add a much longer copper cooling loop...

I am thinking that the input & output of the copper tube will be held by P-clips under the head of two of the screws that hold the Evap plate. If I straighten the malleable copper tube, it should be in contact with the plate or within a couple of mm. I could get some of that heat conducting...

This has got me thinking now. I agree that the only way the colling water in the keg is going to get cold, is by the evaporator plate cooling the air and then that air cooling the keg and eventually the cooling water. Very inefficient. I don't think there is any room behind the Evaporation...

I have better things to spend my money on in the brewery! $900 to maybe gain another couple of degrees of cooling is a lot!

That's a very good point and kind of backs up what I have found - running the pump generated heat which will heat the water and make the Kegerator run more. A better solution would be a non-submersible pump that is located outside the kegerator. In England, where I am from originally, pubs...

I had no idea that there was such a thing as aquarium chillers. That might not be a bad idea. I could replace the keg of water in the kegerator, with all the drawbacks of air to water temperature loss, with a small aquarium cooler. The amount of water in the lines is small - probably in the...

Understood. Good question. This is the basement so I cannot put anything below the bar. Furthermore it's a Townhouse with neighbors the other side of the wall so I don't have the option of putting a 'doghouse' housing a chiller the other side of the wall. I can make room for a small chiller but...

Thanks. Yes the tower is insulated pretty well and the cold water feed pipe is in contact with the beer lines up to the back of the taps. The water is in a corny keg in the fridge which holds 5 gallons and I don't believe the pump is oversized. It's one similar to this - sold to circulate...

I have two Komos kegerators which provide smack for eight kegs. I have six on a tower, one on hand-pump and the eighth smack is taken up with a keg of water with an submersible pump feeding 38F water up a home made trunk line to the tower. It works reasonably well but the water reservoir...

Update: it has been 7 months now and the kegerator is still cooling and running well.