OD of Perlick 425ss

[JayWeezie]

Trying to find out the outer diameter of the perlick 425ss to get a rubber hose to fill my growlers with as little foam as possible.

Thanks

 

[bob1852]

Are those the ones that the tip screws on/off?

Maybe just take it to the hardware store and try several diameters until you get the fit you want?

 

[JayWeezie]

Could do that except it took me forever to get it not to leak so I hate to mess with it.

 

[kyuagony]

I went the opposite way and got tubing to ram up the faucet. I have the 525ss (I'd imagine it's the same size as the 425, or close enough) and 7/16" OD tubing works great.

 

[BrewThruYou]

I would get the Bowie Bottler and Complement in the Vendor section.

I have the 525ss and tried using tubing a few times. It worked like 1/3 times, and the 2 times it didn't work, it made a giant mess. I was using serving pressure, which blew the tubing right off the tap and shot beer everywhere.

I tried 1/2" ID thermoplastic thinwall tubing from the LHBS. The 1/2" ID thermoplastic thickwall tubing from Northern Brewer didn't work...not flexible enough to stretch over the tap.

 

[bad coffee]

Bowie bottler. Used one this morning!

Either that, or there was a guy turning an adapter on the lathe that takes the place of the original 'snout'

B

 

[dutchoven]

My 525s = 5/8" OD ... I use 1/2" tubing to fill growlers. Not sure on the 425s.