50L keg actually 69L?

[hugenjapan]

I did the math on the dimensions of a 50L keg and kept getting 69L. What did I do wrong? Or is it just head room?

 

[dgr]

What did I do wrong?

You didn't post the dimension of the keg

 

[AZBeerNut]

Look at the cutaway pic: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Keg_geschnitten.jpg Are you accounting for this? What dimentions did you come up with?

 

[hugenjapan]

50L kegs are 16"dia. by 21" height from what I found on google

 

[hugenjapan]

Is the cutaway pic supposed to show me dimensions?

 

[hugenjapan]

I just tried the math and got it to 4220 in3 then used google to convert to liters

 

[AZBeerNut]

Is the cutaway pic supposed to show me dimensions?

No, brother. Just wondering if you accounted for the lost top and bottom space since your volume comes out pretty far off. Was offering a cutaway pic to show that dead space on either end. If you're just Googling dimentions, are they exterior dimentions that don't account for this space? -- dimentions you'd need for storage, yes... but doesn't equate to the dimentions of the interior space that holds the 50L liquid.

 

[hugenjapan]

The only reason I'm wondering is because I'm making a pot that is 22"dia. by 22" high and I want to make sure it's actually 36 gallons

 

[hugenjapan]

Sorry I just didn't understand what you meant

 

[AZBeerNut]

The only reason I'm wondering is because I'm making a pot that is 22"dia. by 22" high and I want to make sure it's actually 36 gallons

Then yes... 36.2 gallons.

 

[hugenjapan]

Perfect.. Thanks!