kegerator CO2 system help. Will this work?

[Bean]

Greetings All !!

I am in need of some help. I am trying to move my CO2 tank to the outside of my kegerator and have found this to be much harder then I thought originally since everything is left handed thread.

I have spent the last few hours looking around on the Internet and calling all the local gas supply stores and the only thing I can find that will remotely work is this:

1/4" M-pt Right Hand x 1/4" M-pt Left Hand Thread
part number 55496-3
http://beverageequipmentco.com/BEC_Co2_regulators__parts.htm

(sorry there is no direct link web page is a little old)



Does anyone know if that will work or will issue since the LHT side is MPT and not NPT ??


Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[kevin9167]

Specifically, what problem are you trying to solve with the part above? Are you trying to get a connection to a secondary regulator inside the fridge?

 

[Bean]

i am trying to move the bottle to the outside of the kegerator. So, I pulled the cylinder valve stem off the regulator and was then going to put that coupler on the regulator then a pipe through the collar to take the co2 connection to the outside of the kegerator I was then going to put a flexible high pressure line on it. I currently have 3 regulators controlling 6 kegs so I cant move the entire regulator bank to the outside that easily.

 

[Sacdan]

You could cut the gas lines to move the bottle outside and splice them back together with barbed fittings and some clamps.

 

[camiller]

If I had silly money to spend I would use something like one of these bulkheads through the wall

Then use One of these to go from the co2 cylinder to the bulkhead.

and an appropriate high pressure hose to an MFL connector on the regulator bank.


However all of this high pressure stuff tends toward the more expensive end of the spectrum, that hose above being $50 (maybe cheaper elsewhere).

I think your most cost effective option is to get a single body regulator for the tank and set it at 40-60psi and then use standard hoses, fittings, etc. that don't have to be rated for high pressure to run co2 to your regulator bank inside the kegerator. While your at it put a quick connect into the line from the tank, then when you need to temporarily set up a portable dispensing location at your in-laws 50th wedding anniversary it's easy to disconnect/reconnect the tank.

 

[david_42]

Paintball suppliers have high-pressure CO2 hoses.

But, I agree. Tank and regulator outside, low-pressure fittings into the kegger.

 

[kevin9167]

i am trying to move the bottle to the outside of the kegerator. So, I pulled the cylinder valve stem off the regulator and was then going to put that coupler on the regulator then a pipe through the collar to take the co2 connection to the outside of the kegerator I was then going to put a flexible high pressure line on it. I currently have 3 regulators controlling 6 kegs so I cant move the entire regulator bank to the outside that easily.

Everyone else has had good ideas, here's my $.02

A few options:
Leave all the high pressure outside. Move one of your regulators outside, on the tank. Use low pressure tubing into the fridge. This will be your highest pressure. Feed that to a manifold or stainless cross. From the cross, 2 lines to kegs at your highest pressure, 1 line to your other 2 regulators.

Buy another primary regulator (used) for the tank and leave your existing bank inside. Run low pressure gas line to inside.

I realize neither of these options solve your LHT vs RHT problems. Although it options your options for fittings (MFL, barb, etc).

I hope that helps.

Kevin

 

[Bean]

Thanks for the advice guys. I like the idea of the bulkhead. I really don't want to have the regulator outside the unit but I have a feeling that might be the easiest. The couplers I found are less the 3 bucks so we will see what happens