Tubing lengths

[redrocker652002]

I know this has been beat to death, and I could do a search, but I figure why not just post in case anyone else is in the same boat I am. I am getting parts together to get my new to me kegerator up and running. My latest question is in regards to beer lines and lengths. I have read on Morebeers site that if using the 4mm ID Evabarrier tubing it is recommended that there be a 5 to 6 foot run of tubing. That is about what I have now with the old kegerator I am using and while it does foam a bit, I cannot say whether that is pressure in the keg being off, no cooling fan in the tower or line is too short. So, my question to you all is this: My pressure is usually in the 10 to 12psi in the keg, my FG on most of my beers is between 1.012 to 1.008 or so, I will have a cooling tube running up thru the tower (a small hose taped to the fan as the hose did not come with the unit). The tower I am using sits about 1 foot tall and the kegs fit nicely with about 2 to 3 inches of space at least. With all this being said, and according to the info on the description on Morebeer, I should be ok. But, what say all of you?

Also, I am hoping to use the Duotight 1/4push i" to 4mm fitting at the shank since I don't want to buy all new ones when there are perfectly good. My shanks are 1/4 inch I believe and are barbed, so I am hoping I can use the push in fittings and just push them over the barb. I will find out I guess when I order everything and start putting it together. Here is a link to what I am talking about:

https://www.morebeer.com/products/duotight-pushin-fitting-65-mm-14-8-516-reducer.html

 

[day_trippr]

fwiw, to reach from all four corners of my 14cf keezer up to the faucet shanks in my center-mounted t-tower, I went with 6.5 foot lengths of the 4mm ID line for the runs that are for my 2.4~2.5 volume beers (which is most of them) charged at 11 psi, and a 9 foot run for my 3 volume wheat beers charged at 15 psi. All work great for 10 second pours...

Cheers!

 

[redrocker652002]

fwiw, to reach from all four corners of my 14cf keezer up to the faucet shanks in my center-mounted t-tower, I went with 6.5 foot lengths of the 4mm ID line for the runs that are for my 2.4~2.5 volume beers (which is most of them) charged at 11 psi, and a 9 foot run for my 3 volume wheat beers charged at 15 psi. All work great for 10 second pours...

Cheers!

Awesome. Thank you. Now, I am hoping the push fittings will work on the tailpiece of the perlick faucets and then I am all set. Gas manifold is already equipped with 5 valves and each has a Duotight fitting on them already. So, if the push fittings work, I will outfit my new kegerator with all Evabarrier and Duotight lines and ball locks. I am getting pretty pumped to get this thing in use. Bit of an outlay to start with.

 

[Broken Crow]

I know one of our fellow regular posters has a duotight fitting jammed on a barb but I can't find it right now. Personally I feel a bit more secure with swaged lines so just for you I went and grabbed a barbed tower shank and a piece of 4mmID/8mmOD EVABarrier and this only took a moment;

Dunno what size oetiker it'd want, but I just wanted to show you a secure option. As to the lines, since this is an ordinary kegerator with the usual lack of overhead space I'm gonna make my usual suggestion that you consider avoiding the PITA of hanging coils of lines above your kegs and go with 3' of the 3mm ID EVABarrier. When I did mine (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/thread...mm-monotight-connector-duotight-shank.730515/) the fittings I wanted were not yet available but I prefer to use genuine CM Becker disconnects and there is no MFL adapter for those...there is this shopping list I put in another thread though: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/thread...ower-to-clean-the-lines.737435/#post-10490190
In any event, swagin is dead-simple and the work of moments: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/eva-barrier-line-conversion.733937/page-2#post-10406957 wether just for your shank, or for swivel nuts.