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Originally Posted by Scott Zuhse
Reroute the drain lines so that your gravity feed begins as high as possible in the box versus directing the lines through the bottom of the box. This may entail punching a new hole in the box and then gradually running to a floor drain indirectly. Once routed, heed the Iceman's advice and keep it clean.
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I've done that before. I don't like it as a real solution (although it's not any worse than other things I've tried).
Keg boxes don't have traditional pipe fittings, they have
those horrible fragile two-piece white things. You must put a small bit of hose on the drain fitting, then an elbow to get the hose to run to the side of the box. This leaves you a couple inches from the ceiling of the cooler. The drain runs horizontally across the top of the door and gets in the way, even if you do a good job of strapping it up there. If you've never actually done it look at one some time and think through the problems it creates and how exposed and in the way the makeshift drain line becomes.
It might be a reasonable solution if there was a drain fitting available that could be more easily attached to a more rigid piece of pipe.
The design of the drain systems on every box in the market is a joke. They are almost designed to fail or create problems. If you guys have any influence with the manufacturers it would be a useful thing to address in future designs.