Gas in beer line

[day_trippr]

says ~2.8 lbs a foot.....

Nope.
If that was true, I wouldn't be able to reach my faucet shanks from my kegs with a solid pour.
It takes 5 feet to get from Point A to Point B, and I run my regulator at 12 psi expecting 11 psi at the kegs through the two levels of check valves, and I actually run 6.5 feet including the flow meter section near the keg.

fwiw, I'll point out that 99% of the purported "line length calculators" claim 3/16" ID line runs at 2 to 3 psi equivalent resistance per foot (which is where the "5 feet" found on virtually every oem kegerator came from). My belief is this was the result of someone paying no attention to specified equivalent resistance vs pressure/flow rate, where resistance increases with rate of flow.

4mm ID is considerably tighter than 3/16", so it hardly seems likely that it would sport a similar resistance...

Cheers!

 

[doug293cz]

I forced this keg. Setting the psi to around 35 and shaking the keg to hasten carbonation.
It’s worked for me in the past but I might’ve over done it this time.
I have not noticed a flavor difference in this and the set and forget method at all. But I never had to fight a set and forget keg.

Setting higher than equilibrium pressure for the desired carb level, and shaking is the quickest way to over carb a keg. If you want to shake, use the carbonation table value - you can't over carb that way. If you want to use over-pressure, then you should do it without agitation, and for a limited amount of time (e.g. 30 psi for36 hrs) that has been determined not to cause over carbing.

Brew on

 

[bracconiere]

anyone ever try using something like this at serving pressure? lol

https://www.jbtools.com/astro-pneum...lk4Eu9l53b_rsfMxo5JlEtO3nSWxxWIRoCfpwQAvD_BwE

i actually tried to DIY one, but the motor didn't have the HP......