fofusak
Well-Known Member
I'm finally ready to public shame my own DIY skills, or lack of them. Ok, no, my lack of planning.
It all started when I purchased my first house. I was going to finally move out of the apartment and have space for kegs! (I hate bottling with all my soul)
I found a very nice resource in this forum with CAD about different chest freezer internal sizes and keg sizes. I deemed that I'd be able to very snugly fit 4 kegs down and one on the hump above the compressor. I made my decision and quickly bought a freezer on Black Friday.
Awesome! what's next? I got my kegs and fit them all inside the freezer and I measured the one on the hump and went on to home depot and checked the sizes of wood available there. I could either go for a very close (but fits, right!?) one, or go over to the next size which seemed very comical to me at the time. So off I went and bought the smaller ones and I built my collar.
Time to keg. Cleaning one keg vs 54 bottles? Amazing! Keg inside? Check. Keezer closes? check.
Now it's time to tap the keg!
What is this????
The corny QD sticks higher than the keg handle? What kind of moronic thing is this!??
After a lot of cursing I found the culprit: I never measured my final intended use, which was a tapped keg.
Happy sitting keg:
https://ibb.co/TcJMGmz
Damn you tall quick disconnect!
https://ibb.co/kXZvDh2
My failed keezer:
https://ibb.co/5nFQt5q
Now, I don't want to build a new collar and dump that one. I could add more weather strip to the top of the collar and gain some artificial black-foam sponsored height for my QD.
I could also shave bits of insulation from the top lip for the disconnects to fit in there along with a bit for the hose to go sideways and down.
Can you wise folks devise a better plan than either of those?
Thanks!
edit: I know, please don't mind all the hoses, I accidentally yanked my distributor and haven't got to attach it again
It all started when I purchased my first house. I was going to finally move out of the apartment and have space for kegs! (I hate bottling with all my soul)
I found a very nice resource in this forum with CAD about different chest freezer internal sizes and keg sizes. I deemed that I'd be able to very snugly fit 4 kegs down and one on the hump above the compressor. I made my decision and quickly bought a freezer on Black Friday.
Awesome! what's next? I got my kegs and fit them all inside the freezer and I measured the one on the hump and went on to home depot and checked the sizes of wood available there. I could either go for a very close (but fits, right!?) one, or go over to the next size which seemed very comical to me at the time. So off I went and bought the smaller ones and I built my collar.
Time to keg. Cleaning one keg vs 54 bottles? Amazing! Keg inside? Check. Keezer closes? check.
Now it's time to tap the keg!
What is this????
The corny QD sticks higher than the keg handle? What kind of moronic thing is this!??
After a lot of cursing I found the culprit: I never measured my final intended use, which was a tapped keg.
Happy sitting keg:
https://ibb.co/TcJMGmz
Damn you tall quick disconnect!
https://ibb.co/kXZvDh2
My failed keezer:
https://ibb.co/5nFQt5q
Now, I don't want to build a new collar and dump that one. I could add more weather strip to the top of the collar and gain some artificial black-foam sponsored height for my QD.
I could also shave bits of insulation from the top lip for the disconnects to fit in there along with a bit for the hose to go sideways and down.
Can you wise folks devise a better plan than either of those?
Thanks!
edit: I know, please don't mind all the hoses, I accidentally yanked my distributor and haven't got to attach it again