10-31-2004, 10:22 AM | #1 (permalink) |
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How to build a cheap kegerator
Hi,
I've looked around the internet adn found one's that have you put the whole keg in a full size fridge. I was just wondering if anyone knows how use a compact style fridge to cool the beer. I had first thought maybe by running some tubbing through the fridge or something but figured that would steal too much pressure. Any ideas would be great Thanks Tim |
11-07-2004, 06:56 AM | #2 (permalink) |
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Running hose through the fridge would work, and you probably woundn't loose too much presure, but you also wouldn't get that many cold beers in a row. I've given this some thought in the past, and came to the conculsion that to do it right, the system would need to pass enough "cold" into the beer at a rate such that when it the tap is open, a single drop of warm beer entering the system would be cold when it leaves the system. It become a mass/heat transport prblem for the mech. engineer. In the end, I determined it was easier to use an old refer., and mount the tap on the side. You can easily fit 3-4 corni keys in there and party for a long time!
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11-08-2004, 10:57 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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For the love of all that's holy, LOOSE is the opposite of tight. LOSE is the opposite of find. Reading this every day just makes me crazy!
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11-11-2004, 11:41 AM | #6 (permalink) |
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My own kegerator story
A bunch of my buddies and I built a full bar, but part of it was getting a good (full keg) kegerator. We couldn't find an actual fridge that would fit below the bar, so we bought a top-open freezer and put on our own thermostat. Was much cheaper, thought we did buy a new freezer and a $150 kegerator kit. It also tends to be too cold (thermostat problems). But damn its nice to have beer on tap!
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11-14-2004, 02:38 PM | #10 (permalink) | |
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11-14-2004, 03:17 PM | #11 (permalink) |
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http://www.doesyourroomsuck.com/ has free plans to do lots of stuff, including kegerators.
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12-11-2004, 11:58 AM | #14 (permalink) |
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OK all your problems are solved. At least if you live in ..........Belgium !!!
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12-12-2004, 10:29 AM | #15 (permalink) |
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Years ago in college I built a 2-keg kegerator from an old chest freezer (super cheap Goodwill find).
Modified the thermostat to give me cold beer instead of frozen beer. "Borrowed" a CO2 tank and regulator from the campus cafeteria. Took a used hand-pump tap (free) and machined a mounting block to accept the CO2 line in and the tap line out. Used one of those cheap yellow coiled air-hose for the wet-line and an air nozzle for a faucet. The whole thing cost about $50 and two weekends of assembly. |
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