Acrylic or Polycarbonate tubing?

[stee41]

Hi all,

I am making a sight glass for my keggle (gas operated) do I use Acrylic tubing or Polycarbonate, and is this tubing ok to use with brass compression fittings and brass olives?

cheers all

 

[TomRep]

You will want polycarbonate. I asked the same question and Bobby_M responded that acrylic is only good for 140 degrees. I used all brass compression fittings on my keggles with no problems. Just a word up though, your going to want to put a heat shield under that puppy. The wort in the tubing will boil very quickly and come out the top of your sight glass. Cheers!
tom

 

[stee41]

ah right, thanks for that, nice one!