using ball lock disconnects on faucet and pass through shanks

[thedrunkdutchman]

I have a mini keg-cooler/portable kegerator that uses 4 mini 1 3/4 gallon kegs in a large cooler. After a resent event, I was disconnecting the external gas line, (connected by a ffl swivel barb that connects to a mfl tailpiece, in turn connected to a pass through shank) unscrewing the swivel nut with wenches, when my dad said,"You need some kind of quick disconnect for that." I then said,"Yeah wouldn't that be nice." But I didn't give it any more thought. Well about a day and a half later I remembered what he said and it hit me, they make ball lock posts that fit on commercial keg couplers and they use the same threads as faucet and pass through shanks. so why not use them to make it possible to easily take the kegerator apart for cleaning and storage. So my question is, has anyone else tried this and if so how did it work for you?

 

[tmendick]

you could get one of these and use it as a jumper.
https://www.brewhardware.com/product_p/carbonatorssbarb.htm

 

[day_trippr]

I use 1/4" MFL shanks on my fridges and keezer, and on the keezer and my carbonation fridge I installed ball lock gas posts, using post adapters from chicompany.net. On the keezer there are two CO2 lines and a beer gas line.

Here's a close-up of the installation. I used "panel" versions of the bulkheads on the keezer, and the 4" version on the fridges...

Cheers!

 

[thedrunkdutchman]

would there be any problems with beer flow if I ran it through a second ball lock disconect and ball lock post on my faucets shanks?

 

[day_trippr]

That is uncharted territory, at least wrt anything I've read here. But if the system is reasonably tuned for the dispensing pressure and everything is kept cold I would be optimistic...

Cheers!

 

[S-Met]

I have a mini keg-cooler/portable kegerator that uses 4 mini 1 3/4 gallon kegs in a large cooler. After a resent event, I was disconnecting the external gas line, (connected by a ffl swivel barb that connects to a mfl tailpiece, in turn connected to a pass through shank) unscrewing the swivel nut with wenches, when my dad said,"You need some kind of quick disconnect for that." I then said,"Yeah wouldn't that be nice." But I didn't give it any more thought. Well about a day and a half later I remembered what he said and it hit me, they make ball lock posts that fit on commercial keg couplers and they use the same threads as faucet and pass through shanks. so why not use them to make it possible to easily take the kegerator apart for cleaning and storage. So my question is, has anyone else tried this and if so how did it work for you?

I have ball-locks going into my jockey box, love it. But I would be concerned about QDs going to the shank due to cause CO2 to come out of suspension from changes in ID from tube to QD to shank to faucet.

 

[thedrunkdutchman]

@S-Met that was my consern maybe I'll just upgrade to shank t-nuts instead.

 

[dx250]

They make a female flare to corny post thread that you could just screw onto your existing setup and it's on the gas side so there should be no change to your pours.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004I855H8/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

 

[S-Met]

I'll get som pics of the parts and pieces this weekend and post them here. But I used this to connect the shank to the lines.

 

[thedrunkdutchman]

that's what I use on the pass though shank for my co2 but the point is to try not to have to pull out my tool box when I get to my destination.

 

[dx250]

Then this is what you need. No tools needed.

http://www.installationpartssupply.com/category/wing-nut.html

 

[S-Met]

that's what I use on the pass though shank for my co2 but the point is to try not to have to pull out my tool box when I get to my destination.

Thats on the inside connecting the coil +6ft of 1/4 id to the pass-through faucet side.

Line in pass through shank has these sanke-ball adapters.

 

[S-Met]