sirdberry
New Member
Hi everyone,
When I built my keezer a couple years ago I got EVAbarrier tubing, duotight QDs for gas in and beverage out, and duotight beer shanks. Unfortunately, I purchased a manifold with barb connectors and so have been using regular ball lock connectors and tubing for the gas side.
However, now I'd like to add another keg but it needs to go on the motor hump. For it to fit I need to use the Duotight QDs for both gas and beverage lines.
The most expensive option is to replace my manifold with one that has MFT fittings and use FFT to duotight adapters (which I already have because I thought I could use them with the manifold I bought).
A cheaper option is to buy barb to duotight adapters, which leads me to this post: can I mix tubing of different IDs on the gas side or will this cause problems? For example I could buy a barb to duotight adapter for each manifold outlet and connect it to the manifold with a short piece of regular tubing, then use EVAbarrier for the rest of the tube length. Or I can keep my other kegs on the tubing they currently use and connect the new keg with regular tubing attached to a barb to duotight adapter in the last few inches. This latter option is the cheapest by far, though I wouldn't get the benefits of EVAbarrier tubing.
What should I do?
Thanks!
When I built my keezer a couple years ago I got EVAbarrier tubing, duotight QDs for gas in and beverage out, and duotight beer shanks. Unfortunately, I purchased a manifold with barb connectors and so have been using regular ball lock connectors and tubing for the gas side.
However, now I'd like to add another keg but it needs to go on the motor hump. For it to fit I need to use the Duotight QDs for both gas and beverage lines.
The most expensive option is to replace my manifold with one that has MFT fittings and use FFT to duotight adapters (which I already have because I thought I could use them with the manifold I bought).
A cheaper option is to buy barb to duotight adapters, which leads me to this post: can I mix tubing of different IDs on the gas side or will this cause problems? For example I could buy a barb to duotight adapter for each manifold outlet and connect it to the manifold with a short piece of regular tubing, then use EVAbarrier for the rest of the tube length. Or I can keep my other kegs on the tubing they currently use and connect the new keg with regular tubing attached to a barb to duotight adapter in the last few inches. This latter option is the cheapest by far, though I wouldn't get the benefits of EVAbarrier tubing.
What should I do?
Thanks!