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gorrie16

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Here's another coffin keezer for the world to behold. I started this project over a year ago as a collar style and its been in the garage ever since. Over Labor Day weekend, I finally decided to complete the project and free up some room in the garage.

Started life as a GE 7.0 cu. ft. freezer.
4 Perlick SS 525 faucets

Tap handles - PBR special edition, Kona Longboard, a wizard, and a vintage Killian Irish Red. The handles were chosen because tie back to our kids.

The coffin is insulated with ridged foam board and there is an 80mm computer spliced to a 12vdc power supply that pulls cold air into the coffin. Works well enough to make the faucets cold to the touch so foaming is not an issue.

The freezer has a 2x4 frame built around each side so removal will be easy if the freezer ever craps the bed on me and needs replacing. There is an 1.5" gap between the freezer sides and the siding to help with cooling of the coils. The vents on the sides and front allow the heat from the coils to vent out of the keezer which reducing its the cycle time fairly well.

Other than that, nothing special but I'm happy how it came out beyond the cheetah spots which were a result of buying non-stainable wood filler and realizing it too late. They should up better on camera than in person.

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Looks good, any pictures of the inside? Most interested in how you routed your lines into the coffin box. Did you use a fan or anything to circulate air into the box, any issues with foaming?
 
Looks good, any pictures of the inside? Most interested in how you routed your lines into the coffin box. Did you use a fan or anything to circulate air into the box, any issues with foaming?

I didn't take any of the inside but certainly can as I need to switch out an empty keg in a few days. I cut two holes in the freezer top that lead into the tower, one for the lines, and one for a CPU fan. I mounted an 80mm CPU in the tower over one of the holes which pulls cool up from the freezer. The faucets are cold to the touch so foaming has not been an issue.
 
I didn't take any of the inside but certainly can as I need to switch out an empty keg in a few days. I cut two holes in the freezer top that lead into the tower, one for the lines, and one for a CPU fan. I mounted an 80mm CPU in the tower over one of the holes which pulls cool up from the freezer. The faucets are cold to the touch so foaming has not been an issue.

Good to know, that's what I was planning on doing as well. :rockin::tank:
 
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