Ignorant grandma needs regulator advice for SIL

[Grandmasue]

hello,
My SIL wanted to go from single keg to triple keg dispensing, so I bought him a triple tower and a three way manifold for Christmas. However, I found out he wants to be able to control the pressure of each keg individually and I realize what I bought won’t do that.
I have a few questions I hope someone can help me with.

1). Do I have to buy a three way secondary regulator?

2) if I do, should it have that valve thingie that prevents beer from going the wrong direction?

2). Would it be possible and less expensive to:
(A) use existing manifold,
(B) add an individual secondary regulator to two of the lines coming from that, ( hooking up the corny kegs that required the two lowest pressures to them)
(C) set the co2 tank to the highest pressure required on third keg (allowing third manifold valve to receive that pressure directly from co2 tank)

Thx so much for all your help, you have helped me with past purchases for him. I am clueless about all this stuff but have learned lots by lurking and asking questions.

Thx again, Sue

 

[mongoose33]

hello,
My SIL wanted to go from single keg to triple keg dispensing, so I bought him a triple tower and a three way manifold for Christmas. However, I found out he wants to be able to control the pressure of each keg individually and I realize what I bought won’t do that.
I have a few questions I hope someone can help me with.

1). Do I have to buy a three way secondary regulator?

That would be the easiest way to do it.

2) if I do, should it have that valve thingie that prevents beer from going the wrong direction?

I would. It's called a backflow preventer.

2). Would it be possible and less expensive to:
(A) use existing manifold,
(B) add an individual secondary regulator to two of the lines coming from that, ( hooking up the corny kegs that required the two lowest pressures to them)
(C) set the co2 tank to the highest pressure required on third keg (allowing third manifold valve to receive that pressure directly from co2 tank)

Thx so much for all your help, you have helped me with past purchases for him. I am clueless about all this stuff but have learned lots by lurking and asking questions.

Thx again, Sue

You've pretty much noted that above, and while it would work, after a fashion, you'd be fiddling with it.

One thing I wanted to do with my secondaries was to use one to force carb a keg at, say, 35psi, while the others still stayed at serving pressure.

The most elegant way to do this is with three secondary regulators, but it could be done with two.

Good luck, and I think a lot of people wish they had a MIL like you.

 

[Grandmasue]

Hello again, thx so much for advice. Have been looking at regulators and it seems taprite has better reviews than some others. I also notice the taprite set of three
Secondary regulators comes in several models. Which model would be best for him? Thx again, Sue

 

[brew703]

This should work:
https://www.kegconnection.com/3-body-secondary-regulator-choose-taprite-or-chudnow/
The Taprite is a little more expensive but is a better product.

 

[kh54s10]

Can't advise on which Taprite is the best choice, but I had a cheap regulator that was incredibly hard to adjust and then failed in about a year. I decided Taprite was the way to go.