[Duncwarw]

Okay, so some of you may have read my previous thread (my first) entitled something like "Hello and I give up".

I replaced the thermostat in my Kenmore. Since brand new it had never dipensed anything but head. Even with my annual party with a couple of dozen guzzlers, the first glass was foam and nothing else.

I joined this forum and learned that I needed a longer beer line and I began suspecting the thermostat even more. With the nes 'stat in place and a 12' line I still got 9/10 of a glass of foam but it settled withing a few minutes.

I put a glass of water in the bottom of the unit with a thermometer in it. It froze. The other thermometer sat on top of the keg and it never went below about 45F.

So, today I dropped a fan inside. Within an hour or so I got my first EVER decent pour! Yippeeeeeeeeeeee!

I'd guess that I've had at least a couple of dozen kegs since buying the Kenmore so this is exciting stuff to me.

Playing with pressures and line lengths didn't get me very far but the fan made a huge difference.

My next step is going to be to attempt to tap into the power circuit so that the fan only comes on when the compressor is running. I'd rather that than have the fan running 24/7. I'm using an AC fan though and it uses very little juice but every little bit counts...