TravelingLight
Well-Known Member
I'm almost done converting my mini fridge into a kegerator. I've already got the hole drilled in the top (no coolants lines!) for the iron pipe draft tower I built. But now my creative juices are flowing and I want to kick it up a notch. Here is where I need some advice...
I'm thinking of building a cabinet similar to this:
I would tweak it some to basically leave the back open (so the fridge doesn't overheat) and give it plenty of clearance on all sides, and top and bottom. Here is my question. So I've already got the hole cut in the top of the fridge for the draft tower and beer line. With this cabinet I would obviously mount the tap tower on top. So there will be a 2-3" clearance inside the cabinet from the top of the fridge to the "roof" of the cabinet. You see where I am going with this? How do I keep that hole in the top of the fridge "sealed" to reduce the cold air coming out as much as possible? I thought about doing the old copper conduit wrapped in foam stuck up through the hole, through the roof of the cabinet and into the draft tower. It wouldn't be an airtight seal on the fridge hole but the cold loss would be minimal I suppose?? Any thoughts? I'm brainstorming before I start building this thing. TIA.
I'm thinking of building a cabinet similar to this:
I would tweak it some to basically leave the back open (so the fridge doesn't overheat) and give it plenty of clearance on all sides, and top and bottom. Here is my question. So I've already got the hole cut in the top of the fridge for the draft tower and beer line. With this cabinet I would obviously mount the tap tower on top. So there will be a 2-3" clearance inside the cabinet from the top of the fridge to the "roof" of the cabinet. You see where I am going with this? How do I keep that hole in the top of the fridge "sealed" to reduce the cold air coming out as much as possible? I thought about doing the old copper conduit wrapped in foam stuck up through the hole, through the roof of the cabinet and into the draft tower. It wouldn't be an airtight seal on the fridge hole but the cold loss would be minimal I suppose?? Any thoughts? I'm brainstorming before I start building this thing. TIA.