Secondary Digital Regulators

[Helchez]

So, I have a question about digital regulators. I have seen some older posts on this, but I wanted to see if anyone has tried these recently. I want to be able to individually control the pressure to each of my kegs, but I don't have the room or the desire to have separate, bulky inline regulators in my keezer.

So I found these compact digital regulators that are meant for air compressors.

http://www.harborfreight.com/digital-air-flow-regulator-68245.html

I know they can't handle the full pressure of a CO2 tank, but should be fine as secondary regulators, running off of my main regulator. This would limit the max pressure to the digital regulator. At at $15.00 a piece this would be a cheaper and in my opinion, better option than a regular CO2 regulator.

 

[doug293cz]

They won't work for kegging. They are not actually regulators, but just needle valves that control flow rate (mentioned in one of the reviews.) At constant flow, the pressure will remain constant, but as the flow drops the pressure tends towards the supply pressure. At zero flow the pressure will equal the supply pressure, unless the needle valve is completely closed.

Brew on

 

[Helchez]

They won't work for kegging. They are not actually regulators, but just needle valves that control flow rate (mentioned in one of the reviews.) At constant flow, the pressure will remain constant, but as the flow drops the pressure tends towards the supply pressure. At zero flow the pressure will equal the supply pressure, unless the needle valve is completely closed.

Brew on

Yeah I was afraid of that. I didn't see that review. Thanks for the heads up. Do you know of anything else similar to this that may work? Doesn't need to be digital, but just a smaller size than a traditional regulator. I have been looking, but so far I haven't found anything.

 

[agrazela]

My guess is that if there was something that was $15 and the size of a pack of gum that could take the place of a secondary regulator, we'd all be using it.

 

[Helchez]

My guess is that if there was something that was $15 and the size of a pack of gum that could take the place of a secondary regulator, we'd all be using it.

Yeah I have come to realize the same thing.