dub
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Does anyone know the inner diameter of a round orange 10 gallon RM cooler? I work near a sheet metal fabricator who may be able to cut me a round piece of SS so that i can fabricate a true false bottom. I want the fit to be good.
10 gallon Rubbermaid cooler question
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Copernicus
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This is a round 10-gal one I bought at Home Depot.
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
dub
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Awesome, thanks for the reply.This is a round 10-gal one I bought at Home Depot.
Hope this helps.
Copernicus
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No problem.
JonK331
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Check out the size of the FB on Morebeer. That will give you the size they sell for the exact same cooler.
ultravista
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Copernicus, will you list the parts for the barbed fitting and valve assembly. I have a hard time finding the parts at Home Depot / Lowest to make a weldless bulkhead. It looks like you have everything needed.
Copernicus
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Sure - that was a pain for me too. Without taking it apart to double-super-confirm, here's what I used from the outside in.
barb x 3/8" male thread, brass
3/8" brass ball valve, female threads both ends
3/8" male x 3/8" male, brass (I don't remember the exact length, but it was longer than the shortest thread-to-thread piece)
The white rubber gasket that came with the cooler spigot (on the inside)
3/8" female x 1/2"male, brass
1/2" female x barb, brass
On the outside, I also used a rubber washer, stacked a couple metal washers, and a small section of copper pipe to space things out the right amount and get a compression seal on the inside gasket.
The only reason I converted it to 1/2" on the inside was to accommodate a connection to the circular screen setup in the pic. I would prefer to remove some length from the inside assembly so that the circular screen is better centered in the cooler. Open to suggestions.
Hope this helps.
barb x 3/8" male thread, brass
3/8" brass ball valve, female threads both ends
3/8" male x 3/8" male, brass (I don't remember the exact length, but it was longer than the shortest thread-to-thread piece)
The white rubber gasket that came with the cooler spigot (on the inside)
3/8" female x 1/2"male, brass
1/2" female x barb, brass
On the outside, I also used a rubber washer, stacked a couple metal washers, and a small section of copper pipe to space things out the right amount and get a compression seal on the inside gasket.
The only reason I converted it to 1/2" on the inside was to accommodate a connection to the circular screen setup in the pic. I would prefer to remove some length from the inside assembly so that the circular screen is better centered in the cooler. Open to suggestions.
Hope this helps.
