Beer line OD

[Sajjeev]

I bought some beverage line ID 3/16, It is thinner than my other lines I have had before so was wondering if the OD really matters?

 

[rsquared]

No, OD shouldn't matter.

 

[Sajjeev]

Great, Thank you!

 

[tracer bullet]

Wall thickness and material pertain to pressure handling ability. If you're serving with it and have it at say 10, give or take, psi it's probably fine. If you were to attach it to a CO2 tank and burst pressurize a keg at 40 psi overnight, then yeah, it can matter a lot. Or even have it attached to a keg that is being burst carbed, since the out line will still see the pressure by simple fact of being plugged in.

 

[VikeMan]

For any given beer line material, a thinner wall will be more permeable to oxygen than a thicker one. You can decide for yourself if that matters to you.

Here's a rather technical treatment of the subject:
https://www.**********************/beer-serving-oxygen-ingress/

 

[Sajjeev]

Thank you @tracer bullet and @VikeMan.
Never thought of it this way, it is super thin, will try to not keep the beers in it for long. Appreciate the detailed responses.