parts needed to transfer from secondary to keg with co2
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Posted 12 July 2010 - 03:46 AM
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Posted 12 July 2010 - 06:46 AM
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Posted 12 July 2010 - 07:01 AM
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Posted 12 July 2010 - 07:08 AM
Don't really need an extra gray, keg gas QD.As for tubing size, the only things I know for sure are above. If you want to use different components, you're going to have to experiment a bit to find sizes that work. The tubing doesn't have to fit the carboy cap, though, it has to fit the racking cane. So whatever size you're using now should work. The cane goes all the way through the center 'post' of the orange cap and the tubing goes on the part of the cane that sticks out the top.So it seems like I need:gas keg QDliquid keg QDsome in-line QDs so I can swap from pushing into a keg to pushing into the carboyclampstubingMy question is - if I want to use my racking cane, what size tubing do I buy for liquid? Also - is the standard gas tubing size the right stuff to go into the carboy cap?
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Posted 12 July 2010 - 08:29 AM
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Posted 12 July 2010 - 09:22 AM
or put another way - what is the connection where the gas is going into the carboy like?How do you get the gas into the cap?
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Posted 12 July 2010 - 09:35 AM
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Posted 12 July 2010 - 09:35 AM
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Posted 12 July 2010 - 09:38 AM
Could I just use a QD barb fitting? those 1/4" and then I could easily pop whatever I want onto the carboy cap.I used a 1/4" hose barb - 1/4" male flare fitting. Place the barb end into the smaller carboy cap opening. The CO2 hose screws onto the flare end. I would slowly increase the CO2 pressure until it began to flow, usually ~ 2 psi.
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Posted 12 July 2010 - 10:01 AM
This goes into the side post of the cap. It's a tight fit and no clamp is necessary.McM-C p/n 51525K276This goes on the end of the gas line:McM-C p/n 51525K286I actually use these fittings for everything on my gas side. All the hoses end with the male fitting, all the gray keg gas QD's have a short piece of tubing and the female fitting. I have a couple of different length jumpers male and female ends to send gas up to six feet away from the brass splitter. My beer gun uses these; I have a schraeder valve filler - basically everything.or put another way - what is the connection where the gas is going into the carboy like?
#11
Posted 12 July 2010 - 10:03 AM
I assume those are from mcmaster?edit: duhhh, yes they arethose are cheap and look pretty slick. they are good for both liquid and gas?This goes into the side post of the cap. It's a tight fit and no clamp is necessary.McM-C p/n 51525K276This goes on the end of the gas line:McM-C p/n 51525K286I actually use these fittings for everything on my gas side. All the hoses end with the male fitting, all the gray keg gas QD's have a short piece of tubing and the female fitting. I have a couple of different length jumpers male and female ends to send gas up to six feet away from the brass splitter. My beer gun uses these; I have a schraeder valve filler - basically everything.
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Posted 12 July 2010 - 10:04 AM
Yep, and they're really, really cheap.I assume those are from mcmaster?
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Posted 12 July 2010 - 10:07 AM
you probably missed my edit - are they good for both liquid and gas or just gas?Yep, and they're really, really cheap.
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Posted 12 July 2010 - 10:16 AM
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Posted 12 July 2010 - 10:20 AM
good to know.I've never tried them with liquid for two reasons. First, they're too big to fit into 3/16" tubing, having a very, very tight fit requiring heating 1/4" tubing to get the barb in. Second, I have no idea of their resistance to flow even if they did fit.
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Posted 31 July 2010 - 03:31 AM
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