Questions tagged [kegerator]
For questions relating to the creating or maintaining refrigerators or freezers modified for holding and/or dispensing homebrew (e.g. beer in a Cornelius keg).
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How to remove tubes from co2 regulators
This has been a long pain to remove tubes from CO2 regulators.
To install the Kegerators for event we use C02 cylinder and regulators. After event to dismantle everything we always face issues related ...
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How to fix a regulator that doesn't react to pressure changes?
I have a simple (only on gauge, from 0 to 60 psi) regulator that came with my kegerator. It worked fine for 5 years, but recently it's getting stuck.
I have to open the adjustment dial a lot to get ...
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Cant get rid of condensation inside keezer
I'm running a 5 cubic feet Magic Chef keezer with 2x6s for a collar so I can get an additional keg on the ledge. I cut the corners at 45 degrees and sealed off the collar with caulk, weather stripping,...
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How to disassemble a Krome Dispense beer tower?
I have a beer tower whose lines need replacing.
But, I am having great trouble actually pulling the old lines out of the tower. They seem to be attached to some metal disks, which I can neither pull ...
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Kegging and dispensing over distance/elevation using keg pressure or something else
A few years ago I set off to turn my kitchen dry bar into a wet bar by routing beer from my kegerator to the taps 10 or so feet above. I was advised against it by some employees at my local home brew ...
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How to eliminate stiff foam from kegerator?
I have a kegerator that holds two, five gallon kegs. The kegs are charged at 25 psi CO2 for two weeks at 70°F (21°C). When I place a keg in the kegerator I release the pressure on the keg. Once ...
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Nothing coming out of tap (ball lock corny keg)
I recently got a 5 gallon ball lock corny keg, but am having nothing but trouble with it. I was originally getting nothing but foam coming out of it, so I upgraded the liquid line from 5 feet to 10 ...
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Shorter type A German slider coupler
I have a kegerator and have a German beer on draft. There are limited options in volume so it is a tight fit. The type a coupler I purchased is too tall by roughly 1/4". Is there anywhere I can ...
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How to choose a fridge to convert to a kegerator
I'm going to be building a kegerator pretty soon and I'm pretty sure that I am going to buy a new fridge. Now, I have 1 corny keg but in the future, I would like 4 kegs hooked up, my wife also would ...
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Partially-covering kegerator
I am new to kegging and I am trying to build a kegerator. I am short on living space so I am considering a particularly low-footprint concept. My question is: what do you guys think about this concept ...
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Does anyone make low-profile ball lock disconnects?
Is there such a thing as low-profile gas/liquid disconnects for ball lock corny kegs? I'm curious if there's anything commercially available that is notably shorter in height than the typical black/...
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Foam directly out of my beer line
I hadn't used this kegerator in a couple of years (the fridge has been plugged in, but I've had nothing attached). I bought a brand new 3/16" hose and connected it and now I get about 50% foam coming ...
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Is it safe to drill into the side of a fridge?
I want to transform a compressor wine fridge into a kegerator. I wanted to know where it would be safe to drill holes, either in the side or the top? There is no freezer section, and the back of the ...
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Kegerator taps stick when inactive
So I've noticed with my kegerator, if I don't pour a beer for a few days, the taps can get very sticky. So sticky sometimes that it actually takes a scary amount of force to pull the tap open to ...
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How to make a tap faucet close automatically?
I recently built a kegerator out of a vintage freezer. I've added one tap handle to the door with two more coming soon. The freezer has a latching handle and pretty strong closing action, which pops ...
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