I need a small profile CO2 regulator and tank for mini kegerator

[GBobb]

Hi All,

I built a mini kegerator (holds 5 and 7.5 gallon kegs) out of a RedBull refrigerator (picture attached). I have several ideas to dress it up a little, one of which is to find a small regulator/CO2 tank setup that I can use instead of a full size regulator and tank.

I've been looking at paint-ball tanks and regulators, but really have no experience with them. I was thinking of building a basket that I could attach to the side of the fridge that would hold this regulator/tank setup.

Any suggestions? Alternate ideas?
Thanks for the help.
Greg Grigsby
San Jose, CA

 

[kristiismean]

while paintball tanks are 100% usable, the regulators are not.

Paintball guns usually have a HPR (high pressure regulator) and a LPR (low pressure regulator), some just an HPR.

using a co2 tank for paintball is fine, it's just a canister that holds CO2, with a burst disk. However, paintball regulators are not designed to hold lower pressures, as in under 50 psi. (some do, but they are not stable and will creep. A dye or macdev reguator might, since those are low pressure, and have the biggest chance of working. it's a $100 or more to find out. Most LPR's are usually built into the markers and will not work.

That said, Since I played since the early 90's for many many years, (have only stopped playing for the past 3 years) I might have what you are looking for in some of my old parts and will see if I have an HPR + LPR combo, it should maintain 10 psi, but cant guarantee. (I might have an SP Impulse LPR or an LPR off of a Bob Long marker) and either pass those on or tell you what to look for.

 

[mredge73]

Hit the keg connection guys up on this, they do have a 20oz paintball setup:
http://www.kegconnection.com/keg-kit-in-a-can-basic-kit/

Alternatively 5lb tanks are not very big.

 

[chapman_164]

I used a paintball tank for my portable cooler-based kegerator. The tank itself works great and is pretty cheap and easy to get filled. The regulator part isn't that hard either. You can either use an adapter on it and attach a normal CO2 regulator, or you can buy a special mini-regulator that just fits the paintball tank. I went the adapter route because I already had an extra regulator sitting around, but the mini-regulator looks pretty slick.