Anyone have Kegco K209B-2?

[monkeybox]

I received my K309 with 3 (perlick) taps about a week ago. Assembly was quite simple and things seems to be of pretty good quality.

My only issues have been my own. The local welding supply company takes 24-48 hours to refill a tank, and I was paranoid about running out of Co2 before I had friends over earlier tonight, so I haven't left it on yet. I'm looking for an alternate source of a Co2 refill (I hear there are a few in Grand Rapids that will fill while you wait). I may have been reading too many threads from HBT so I'm probably too worried about leaks, even though I've checked everything as best I could.

I'm running one commercial 1/6th barrel sanke right now (Brewery Vivant Farmhand, which is excellent), and have put my cornie kegs in to make sure they fit. The space is tight, but not as cramped as I thought it would be. Remember that the cornies aren't actually round, so you may have to rotate them.

Somebody asked if there was a break-out to put the CO2 tank outside. It doesn't look like there is. There is a hold on the outside in the bottom middle, but in the inside that same area is covered by some metal plating.

I have not heard any of the popping others have referred to on the other models.

 

[bottle-o-jeff]

I figured I'd post an update on mine as well.

I tapped in a keg of Stone IPA on one of my taps last weekend, and I'm having some foaming issues. I upped the length of the beer line to 10 ft, and the issues remain. I have a remote thermometer in there that is reading ~42F at the top when the kegerator is set at 36F (I was on 38, but dropped it to try to combat the foaming). My serving pressure is just below 10psig with 3/16" lines, so I shouldn't be having these isues. I need to do some more troubleshooting though. I did install flowmeters in my lines for a kegbot, so that could be part of the issue.

As far as placing a CO2 tank on the outside, I had some emails going back and forth with Kegco, and they don't recommend drilling in the back or sides due to the significant number of refrigerant lines. They recommended drilling through the top (yeah right...). I had to run a network cable out of my unit for my kegbot install, and came out ok when drilling to the top right of the chill plate in the back (a few inches up and over). I started with a 1/16" bit from the inside and just got through the plastic. Then I poked around a bit to make sure that there was nothing behind that hole. I slowly enlarged the hole being VERY careful not to drill any further than the inside shell. Once you've got a 1/8" hole you can stick a coathanger or another type of stiff wire in there to feel around to see if there are refrigerant lines nearby. I was clear in that area; however, if you drill there just know that you're voiding warranty and I can't guarantee that you won't hit a line. For all I know I was 1/2" from ruining my kegerator.

I should make a thread about converting my kegerator into a kegbot. I'm sure someone here would find it interesting.