racer Posted June 2, 2007 Report Posted June 2, 2007 Anyone have on of these fancy beasts? My buddy just ordered the kit today, http://www.beveragefactory.com/draftbeer/kits/ekk2.shtml It should be a load of fun. The ice box was gratis via my old man, so we spent the money we saved on that to buy a keg to celebrate. Now I just need to find a Blvd Wheat pull handle, and one generic but cool one. Any ideas on where to look? Quote
[email protected] Posted June 2, 2007 Report Posted June 2, 2007 EBAY !!! goto your local bar adn ask them if they have any old lever/taps they normally have new ones replaced every so often when the beer guy comes in to stock up , atleast at my old sports grill they did ..... As for the kits you just showed ! VERY VERY GOOD DEAL infact i might have to pick one up myself. I used to install the brand " true " beer kegerators for a good year , was the best job and quite honestly its cheaper to make one yourself . The link you provided is golden, THANKS - Chase Quote
FireHead Posted June 2, 2007 Report Posted June 2, 2007 Anyone have on of these fancy beasts? My buddy just ordered the kit today, http://www.beveragefactory.com/draftbeer/kits/ekk2.shtml It should be a load of fun. The ice box was gratis via my old man, so we spent the money we saved on that to buy a keg to celebrate. Now I just need to find a Blvd Wheat pull handle, and one generic but cool one. Any ideas on where to look? When I was in college I used to make them out of Goodwill refrigerators that worked, but did not smell like a dead body, a converted rental keg tap, and about $20 bucks worth of welding supply parts and an out of cert. medical CO2 tank (usually free at the welding store). For a $60 bucks you could make yourself a really nice one, and you could tip me $100 for not kicking you in the nuts for not engineering that yourself. :biggrin: Quote
FireHead Posted June 2, 2007 Report Posted June 2, 2007 http://kegfridge.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv...Category_Code=K This is basically what I will be buying sometime near the end of summer. :geek: Quote
racer Posted June 2, 2007 Author Report Posted June 2, 2007 I guess I could have machined each valve and fitting myself, but since my buddy bought the kit, I'm not complaining. Quote
shee4speed Posted June 2, 2007 Report Posted June 2, 2007 http://kegfridge.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv...Category_Code=K This is basically what I will be buying sometime near the end of summer. :geek: I have a Kenmore that looks exactly like that one.Man beer never went down so smooth.You just have to be carefull or else the beergut gets in the way of the handlebars. :beer: Quote
FireHead Posted June 2, 2007 Report Posted June 2, 2007 I guess I could have machined each valve and fitting myself, but since my buddy bought the kit, I'm not complaining. If your buddy bought it, then it's a different story. However, you don't have to machione the valves yourself. All of the parts you need except the refridgerator and the keg tap are sold at your local welding supply store. A tap handle for the door is available from a ton of places for not much cash. :geek: Quote
racer Posted June 2, 2007 Author Report Posted June 2, 2007 Ya, I even have a regulator we could have used. I think I should talk him into getting a HUGE bottle. That way when he isn't looking I can use it for shielding gas on my MIG. Quote
FireHead Posted June 3, 2007 Report Posted June 3, 2007 Ya, I even have a regulator we could have used. I think I should talk him into getting a HUGE bottle. That way when he isn't looking I can use it for shielding gas on my MIG. Some people say you need to have the gas in the fridge with the beer. Thus, a 300X bottle wouldn't fit. I personally, don't mind warm gas. The hang up is that most steel mix gas isn't pure CO2 and certainly isn't clean. I am not sure what happens when you try and MIG weld with a pure, medical grade CO2 as a shield gas. You should try it and let me know, that may speed up my purchase of a keg fridge. I think I want a TIG welder though and I never had much luck with steel mix in one of those. Quote
racer Posted June 3, 2007 Author Report Posted June 3, 2007 I think I want a TIG welder though and I never had much luck with steel mix in one of those. NO way, pure Argon. Ya, I think were just gonna get a 10 pound bottle. The fridge is tall enough that I can leave the highest shelf in, so the bottle can sit on that. Do you know if you can lay C02 over? I was worrying about that, but don't think it will be an issue. Airgas, or a local steel supplier are my only options for bottle refills, I hope thats not an issue either. But my buddy runs gas from the steel yard, and he isn't dead yet, so........... Quote
FireHead Posted June 3, 2007 Report Posted June 3, 2007 NO way, pure Argon. Ya, I think were just gonna get a 10 pound bottle. The fridge is tall enough that I can leave the highest shelf in, so the bottle can sit on that. Do you know if you can lay C02 over? I was worrying about that, but don't think it will be an issue. Airgas, or a local steel supplier are my only options for bottle refills, I hope thats not an issue either. But my buddy runs gas from the steel yard, and he isn't dead yet, so........... I have done business with Airgas in CA, WA, and OR and they were all absolutely fantastic. The best was Cascade Airgas in Belligham, WA. They are not the absolute cheapest place to get things, but they always seem to have intelligent people working for them and were really receptive to helping me out with some of my stranger projects. I believe that it is ok to put CO2 on it's side, or atleast I have seen it done without problems. Yeha for the TIG unit I would need pure Argon. I am not sure if there is such a thing as medical grade Argon gas. If there is, then there may still be hope for my idea. Someone told me once that there is a such a thing as a CO2 generator that works via osmosis with the outside air. This thing would eliminate the need for a CO2 tank on a keg fridge. I think the guy said they were kind of expensive though. The guy who told me this was into home brewing and may have gotten into some bad beer as I am not sure such a thing actually exists. Quote
racer Posted June 5, 2007 Author Report Posted June 5, 2007 Well the parts are in the mail. Ill try to post some pics up when its all together. Quote
racer Posted July 15, 2007 Author Report Posted July 15, 2007 well, we have been using it relentlessly for a couple weeks now. That kit is the shit. It came with everything we needed but the beer and reefer. great deal overall. the shipping would have been really quick to but fucking fedex sent it to stillwater MN, before stillwater ,OK. idiots. long live UPS. Quote
FireHead Posted July 16, 2007 Report Posted July 16, 2007 well, we have been using it relentlessly for a couple weeks now. That kit is the shit. It came with everything we needed but the beer and reefer. great deal overall. the shipping would have been really quick to but fucking fedex sent it to stillwater MN, before stillwater ,OK. idiots. long live UPS. Post up some pics of what you wound up getting. :thumbsup: Quote
dawarriorman Posted July 17, 2007 Report Posted July 17, 2007 (edited) refrigerating the CO2 is completely unnecessary. Its liquid in the bottle, and once it goes through the reg and the pressure drops, its now a freezing cold gas all on its own. Restaurants and bars don't bother with it, half of them have the CO2 bottle sitting outside. Wouldn't be that convenient to haul a half ton bottle through the restaurant to get it back in the walk-in every time they fill it. As far as putting it on its side, if the regulator is on the bottle I wouldn't. Its probably a remote chance, but liquid CO2 can make its way through your average regulator, and once on the low pressure side, it would expand into gas and jack up the pressure pretty quick. If your regulator is attached to the bottle via line, and is elevated above the bottle, won't make a difference. Edited July 17, 2007 by dawarriorman Quote
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