[Not a] Bike Pump Keg [Evolution]

[pizzaman]

Yep...just gotta find the regulator and lines, fridge and cooler, taps...I may be bottle free by 2010!

 

[Schlenkerla]

Yep...just gotta find the regulator and lines, fridge and cooler, taps...I may be bottle free by 2010!

I can guess what you'll be asking Santa for Christmas!!

 

[pizzaman]

I can guess what you'll be asking Santa for Christmas!!

gonna convince the wifey that we need a chest freezer...

 

[JesseRC]

gonna convince the wifey that we need a chest freezer...

Well, figuring you got all this stuff to keg from friends and family, you can make the case that you can't do anything with it unless you get a chest freezer. She wouldn't want you offending the gift givers, would she?

Tell her its like her buying a dress and having not shoes to go with it

 

[pizzaman]

Well, figuring you got all this stuff to keg from friends and family, you can make the case that you can't do anything with it unless you get a chest freezer. She wouldn't want you offending the gift givers, would she?

Tell her its like her buying a dress and having not shoes to go with it

Good thought, but she hasn't bought a dress in three years...we just bought shoes this weekend after two .5 years. we're big ramsey fans. I just measured all of our ice-coolers, and none of them are big enough to hold a cornie so unfortunately(or luckily) we'll have to buy something to keep them in...probably start with a mini-fridge off craigslist for $20-40

 

[pizzaman]

Whoo Hoo!

Just got this little guy on ebay for $30 w/shipping.

 

[JesseRC]

Whoo Hoo!

Just got this little guy on ebay for $30 w/shipping.

That looks like an inline regulator. Is that what you were looking for? I dont see the fittings where it attaches to the the Tank.

 

[pizzaman]

Yes that is what I needed to connect to my paintball-sized 12oz co2 tank. I'll be doing something similar to this: Portable Paintball CO2 Rig- Lustreking Brewing

 

[JesseRC]

So you'll be retrofitting it to use metal fittings over to a paintball tank?

 

[pizzaman]

So you'll be retrofitting it to use metal fittings over to a paintball tank?

yep, that's the plan anyway. From the picture it looks like I should be able to just unscrew the barb adapters and replace them with the fitting of my choice. I can even see the thread-tape in the pic.

 

[JesseRC]

yep, that's the plan anyway. From the picture it looks like I should be able to just unscrew the barb adapters and replace them with the fitting of my choice. I can even see the thread-tape in the pic.

I've never had one of those inline ones. I wonder if they are still rated for the pressure that you might get from a co2 tank. Maybe someone on here that has one can comment.

 

[HenryHill]

Just found the thread. I must have missed it due to the classy title.

 

[pizzaman]

I've never had one of those inline ones. I wonder if they are still rated for the pressure that you might get from a co2 tank. Maybe someone on here that has one can comment.

Looks like its rated for co2, air, or nitrogen at 2600 psi:

 

[Schlenkerla]

The regulator looks like a good score!!!

 

[JesseRC]

OT: I wish houses came pre-plumbed for co2 , just like the other utilities. I consider co2 just as important as Cable!

Pizzaman, keep us updated with pics please.

 

[pizzaman]

The regulator looks like a good score!!!

That's what I thought...and a steal at $20(+$10 for shipping)

 

[Schlenkerla]

That's what I thought...and a steal at $20(+$10 for shipping)

I got a good nitro regulator for about the same price. A buddy of mine bought a glut of gear on Ebay. He got two regulators and sold me one. I'm guessing he didn't know why it had weird fittings and wouldn't fit his CO2 bottle. I didn't know either. But for $25 I snatched it up w/o question. This was the first kegging part that I bought.

 

[pizzaman]

 

[JesseRC]

Congrats, Where did you get those kegs from?

 

[bendavanza]

That's nice to have some colored tops, it helps to remember what's in each one

 

[pizzaman]

Congrats, Where did you get those kegs from?

they were given to me by a kind lad in exchange for some website work.

 

[pizzaman]

That's nice to have some colored tops, it helps to remember what's in each one

Yeh, I was already thinkin I'd have apfelwein in the green one and my blue-moon clone in the blue one.

 

[flyangler18]

Be sure to mark the gas-in connectors. You pop the gas QD on the beer out just one time and you'll know why.

 

[pizzaman]

Be sure to mark the gas-in connectors. You pop the gas QD on the beer out just one time and you'll know why.

Just checked, all four are marked already. Don't need no beer geysers, unless it involves women somehow...

 

[flyangler18]

Just checked, all four are marked already. Don't need no beer geysers, unless it involves women somehow...

Nah, no geyser. You'll just curse like a sailor trying to pry that damn thing off. I speak from experience.

It's a rite of passage. Don't worry, you'll do it. Trust me.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Be sure to mark the gas-in connectors. You pop the gas QD on the beer out just one time and you'll know why.

If you rebuild them you will get red & green o-rings that go on QD-posts. Pay attention to where you put these. For me; red means beer, green means gas.

Its a quick way to not FU and get one stuck. Excessive cursing generally follows....

 

[JesseRC]

I had a nightmare last night that my corney lid oring tore! Can you believe I dream about cornies

 

[pizzaman]

I've been dreaming about cornies for a while....

 

[Schlenkerla]

I got $250 cash for my birthday...so I've been dreaming about perlics!!

 

[pizzaman]

Regulator just came in the mail: