balancing system - is it referring to OVERALL line length or per keg?

[OrkinYards]

Working on calculating my beer line length and trying to understand if the calculations are referring to line length PER keg or total in the system.

I have (4) kegs on the same co2 bottle that I'm trying to balance out.

 

[weirdboy]

Well I suppose it depends on how you have the system hooked up, but in general it is per tap.

 

[OrkinYards]

Well I suppose it depends on how you have the system hooked up, but in general it is per tap.

I have one co2 tank and regulator going into a distribution block that splits to (4) kegs so I can turn on each keg individually if needed.

 

[Yooper]

Right. Gasline length doesn't matter, so whatever length you need to reach the kegs without excess line laying around inside is good for the gas line. For the beerline, I have 10' to each tap from each keg.

 

[Mcsuck]

Right. Gasline length doesn't matter, so whatever length you need to reach the kegs without excess line laying around inside is good for the gas line. For the beerline, I have 10' to each tap from each keg.

Is 10' the tried and true length? it seems that everyone always uses that number as liquid line length.

 

[weirdboy]

The length of the line is dependent on the pressure, temperature, and the type of hose you are using (which changes the friction). It seems like I saw a pretty good calculator somewhere that had all this stuff, but I cannot find it now to link it.

10' has worked for me as a decent length that doesn't get too much foaming at the pressures and temperatures I tend to serve, which vary between high 30's to high 40's F, and PSI ranging from 8-18 or so.