Skullduggery65
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First off, thank you to timbudtwo for his thread and the Home Brew Talk forums for the wealth of information. I stumbled upon a Haier HNSE05SS for $20 on craigslist and decided it was worth the minimal investment to try to turn this minifridge into a kegerator. This is my first build, and so far I'm having a lot of fun with it.
The Haier HNSE05 is a mini fridge with a freezer compartment, which I quickly realized was not desirable, so step 1 was flattening the freezer shelf and bending it upright and relocating it to the rear of the fridge. Basically I just followed timbudtwo's steps, made sure the fridge was room temp and did this carefully.
Next I cut the plastic shelving/insulation off the door. This is definitely needs some more finishing touches, basically just a hack job at this point. Function over form.
Last, I cut a 3 inch hole in the top for the tower. Used a dremel for this. I still haven't punched all the way through to the plastic inside on the fridge yet.
I plan on ordering a tower kit from Keg Connection w/ upgraded Perlick faucets. As far as the kegs go, I'm undecided whether to get ball-lock or pin-lock. I measured the inside of the fridge and it looks like I roughly have 28" height x 17.5" width x 12" depth not including the space above the hump where I plan to put the CO2 tank.
I was told the ball-lock corny's are 25" x 8.5" and the pin lock are 22" x 9.5
I definitely have the height to pull off either but I think I'm going to go with ball lock to be on the safe side on width. I know they'll be staggered, but I don't know what math equation I need to use to determine if I have enough room for the pin lock.
I plan on also running a computer fan inside the fridge to move the air around, right now my temperature readings are very cool but I'm still playing with the thermostat settings from the fridge.
Am I missing anything? Do I need to look into a way to cool the tower?
The Haier HNSE05 is a mini fridge with a freezer compartment, which I quickly realized was not desirable, so step 1 was flattening the freezer shelf and bending it upright and relocating it to the rear of the fridge. Basically I just followed timbudtwo's steps, made sure the fridge was room temp and did this carefully.
Next I cut the plastic shelving/insulation off the door. This is definitely needs some more finishing touches, basically just a hack job at this point. Function over form.
Last, I cut a 3 inch hole in the top for the tower. Used a dremel for this. I still haven't punched all the way through to the plastic inside on the fridge yet.
I plan on ordering a tower kit from Keg Connection w/ upgraded Perlick faucets. As far as the kegs go, I'm undecided whether to get ball-lock or pin-lock. I measured the inside of the fridge and it looks like I roughly have 28" height x 17.5" width x 12" depth not including the space above the hump where I plan to put the CO2 tank.
I was told the ball-lock corny's are 25" x 8.5" and the pin lock are 22" x 9.5
I definitely have the height to pull off either but I think I'm going to go with ball lock to be on the safe side on width. I know they'll be staggered, but I don't know what math equation I need to use to determine if I have enough room for the pin lock.
I plan on also running a computer fan inside the fridge to move the air around, right now my temperature readings are very cool but I'm still playing with the thermostat settings from the fridge.
Am I missing anything? Do I need to look into a way to cool the tower?