so been searching around for something like this without much luck. few posts ive seen have been pretty involved, lots of parts, money, etc. might as well buy the clear beer draft system TM. but i got alot of kegs.
so this is a fermentasaurus floating diptube that goes with the pressurize kit (i think). any case, its a stainless ball, with clean weld, that has a ring on it, where they put another ring, like the one from your key chain. but stainless. and then they used a piece of stainless tubing, which appears to be about 5/16 OD ( so 1/4 ID?). there's a piece of flexible silicone hose that slides into the tubing.
now- i dont have a fermentasaurus so i dont know what this is supposed to attach to, but the only real issue i see is that the standard diptube seems just a tad bit too narrow for the tubing to fit into nicely. if you look at the photos, the float tube is similar in diameter and with a bit of lube it slides in without too much trouble. but the diptube looks a bit snug, like its pinching the tubing a bit. but it might just be the fact that i trimmed that diptube and didnt ream it out fully.
only one way to find out, so....... i filled the keg with water, pushed with co2. it was only 5 psi, but seemed to work fine and no co2 bleeding into the beer line from around the silicone hose. (which i assumed would have shown as bubbles in the beer line)
but- it couldnt get all of the water out. left a good bit at the bottom. now, im sure there are ways to get that last bit of water out. you could reverse the tap/gas connections so the water can get out the gas in side, and then hold the keg upside down and tilted to that side to get the last of the water, i think. but i just thought of that now. didnt do it when i was playing around.
so.... looks promising but will need a bit more work to be able to fully purge a keg while using this setup. but this could be a poor mans floating dip tube.
so this is a fermentasaurus floating diptube that goes with the pressurize kit (i think). any case, its a stainless ball, with clean weld, that has a ring on it, where they put another ring, like the one from your key chain. but stainless. and then they used a piece of stainless tubing, which appears to be about 5/16 OD ( so 1/4 ID?). there's a piece of flexible silicone hose that slides into the tubing.
now- i dont have a fermentasaurus so i dont know what this is supposed to attach to, but the only real issue i see is that the standard diptube seems just a tad bit too narrow for the tubing to fit into nicely. if you look at the photos, the float tube is similar in diameter and with a bit of lube it slides in without too much trouble. but the diptube looks a bit snug, like its pinching the tubing a bit. but it might just be the fact that i trimmed that diptube and didnt ream it out fully.
only one way to find out, so....... i filled the keg with water, pushed with co2. it was only 5 psi, but seemed to work fine and no co2 bleeding into the beer line from around the silicone hose. (which i assumed would have shown as bubbles in the beer line)
but- it couldnt get all of the water out. left a good bit at the bottom. now, im sure there are ways to get that last bit of water out. you could reverse the tap/gas connections so the water can get out the gas in side, and then hold the keg upside down and tilted to that side to get the last of the water, i think. but i just thought of that now. didnt do it when i was playing around.
so.... looks promising but will need a bit more work to be able to fully purge a keg while using this setup. but this could be a poor mans floating dip tube.