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#1 3rd party JKor

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Posted 04 March 2010 - 07:42 PM

I'll post some pics up in a bit, but this things is sweet!

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Posted 04 March 2010 - 08:51 PM

I'll post some pics up in a bit, but this things is sweet!

Tease. I had a girlfriend like you once. Promised a lot! :rolf:

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Posted 04 March 2010 - 10:25 PM

Here ya go!Posted Image Posted ImagePosted Image

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Posted 04 March 2010 - 11:48 PM

:rolf: Dude, thats awesome. I am always impressed by the ingenuity of some of you guys here. :rolf:

#5 ThroatwobblerMangrove

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Posted 05 March 2010 - 04:02 AM

Very nice - how much did it cost you to throw that thing together? Is the main advantage here when you want to clean a few kegs in a row?

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Posted 05 March 2010 - 04:54 AM

Look sweet. I went simple when I did mine. Just have one upright and do not have the leads to the posts. I might change it out but these things make cleaning so much easier. I have used mine to CIP the conical too.

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Posted 06 March 2010 - 09:53 AM

Very nice - how much did it cost you to throw that thing together? Is the main advantage here when you want to clean a few kegs in a row?

I don't know, maybe $60? The pump was about $45 with shipping. The PVC fittings are dirt cheap. I split the output into 3 valves and the plan was to have one output to go to the spray head and the other two to go the the keg posts. That way I could cycle between the three, but I think there is enough power in the pump to force sufficient liquid through all three. The problem I ran into was that the pump wouldn't prime with everything hooked up, I had to open one of the valves that didn't have anything connected to it to get it to prime. I think my tub just isn't quite deep enough. I'm going to pick up something deeper for the next time around.Also, as I had previously read, the water didn't really heat up as time went by. The water only heated up about 10 degrees in 20 minutes, I had to heat some water up in my kettle and pour it in. In my next revision I'm going to put a 1000W element and a temp controller in the tub. Maybe if I'm really ambitious, I'll swap the hand valves out for some solenoids and put everything on a timer.

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Posted 06 March 2010 - 10:11 AM

(piles all of his empty kegs in the trunk and jumps on 91 to head to jay's house)

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Posted 06 March 2010 - 10:36 AM

*turns off lights, closes blinds, hides in basement, pours beer* :cheers:


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