Duotight regulator board question

[T Murph]

I purchased the 6 port Duotight regulator board with valves. In the instruction picture they have the Ts at top, then the valve before the regulator and finally the check vavle. All connections are shown as about 3 inches. Then on the keg side you are to use the necessary lenght of line to reach your kegs. See picture below.

My question is why can't I put the shut off valve and the check valve close to the end right before the quick connect? Anyone who uses one of these boards please share your experience and opinion.

 

[day_trippr]

This is one of those "dealers choice" things as there is no reason you couldn't build your distribution system with the shutoffs and checks at the QD ends...

Cheers!

 

[sibelman]

This is a very reasonable question.

 

[quantumguy]

I also chose to put my shutoff valves after the regulators instead of before

 

[JohnDBrewer]

Is the shutoff valve also the check valve? Or are those two separate pieces?

 

[Mack]

The regulators were the culprit for MANY leaks in my system - I had s/o valves positioned before them to help isolate the leaks before I was able to replace them. In addition to adding shutoff valves to the keg ends of my gas lines, I also added additional guages at the keg end to fine tune the super unreliable duotight regulators.

 

[day_trippr]

Is the shutoff valve also the check valve? Or are those two separate pieces?

The check valves are the gray female to female fittings near the bottom of the picture...

Cheers!

 

[T Murph]

@JohnDBrewer the check valve looks like the typical inline coupling. But they are about a half inch longer than a coupling. They also have an arrow on them to indicate the direction of flow.

 

[Deadalus]

If you put the shutoff valve and check valve close to the QD, they would not be mounted. They would move around possibly and create strain on the fitting.

If you put the shutoff and check valve after the regulator, the regulator is subject to pressure all the time. This is probably a minor consideration in most cases.

On the Taprite, the tee is internal by design. I don't know if there might be a reason for that beyond saving a fitting. Having the check valve inside the shutoff also saves a fitting. Then the shutoff valve should be after to prevent backflow to the regulator.