I've seen the DIY where you put the innards of an epoxy mixing tip inline with your beerline to add enough resistance so you didn't need 10' of line for balance. I just had a little lightbulb over the head moment that I'd like to discuss.
First, everyone knows that the resistance doesn't have to occur outside the keg right? Like if you could turn your dip tube into a 10' length of 3/16" ID crazy straw and put the faucet right on the QD, it would pour slow.
The inside diameter of dip tubes seem to be 1/4" and it's large enough to effectively add no resistance. What if you got that down to 1/8" ID? A 20" section of 1/16" wall Polyethylene shoved down inside the diptube might be able to shorten the serving line by a few feet. Is the sudden change from 1/8" to 3/16" going to be a problem?
First, everyone knows that the resistance doesn't have to occur outside the keg right? Like if you could turn your dip tube into a 10' length of 3/16" ID crazy straw and put the faucet right on the QD, it would pour slow.
The inside diameter of dip tubes seem to be 1/4" and it's large enough to effectively add no resistance. What if you got that down to 1/8" ID? A 20" section of 1/16" wall Polyethylene shoved down inside the diptube might be able to shorten the serving line by a few feet. Is the sudden change from 1/8" to 3/16" going to be a problem?