First off, Thank you very much to Psychodad and Chadschloss78 for not only their input on improving the Danby Kegerator, but also their patience with all my questions. I finished my Danby modifications and I now have one nice kegerator. I didn't really research kegerators much (as I usually do when purchasing things) as I wasn't really in the market for one. I saw one new and unused that someone was selling for $370, so I purchased it on a whim. I had the same foam and temperature issues as everyone else and learned from this web site that the problem was largely due to no cold air getting up to tower. The modifications I made cost approx. $170, which I still believe is worth it, because I was not able to find a kegerator which came with a blower to circulate air to the tower for under $900.
My modifications were mostly the same as Chadschloss78 did to his, minus installation of drip pan. I took tower and cover off, found control panel, and cut black and red wires going into control panel, and then connected the black and red going back to compressor. I also capped the red and the black wires going into the control panel. This essentially took control away from Danby (one could argue they lost control when they designed this thing
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Then I drilled the hole to the tower to 3". I purchased the same Dayton fan that Micromatic and Grainger sells (I found it for alot less than both places...If interested, send me a PM and I'll tell you where I got it). I found a rubber pvc pipe connector with 3" outside diameter, which I used to seal the new hole along with some plumbers puddy. I puchase the 1.5" tubing at Home Depot, which worked perfectly to take cold air from Dayton Blower to tower, and left plenty of room for return air. I also puchased a 4" 110V muffin fan. My next purchase was a Brewers Edge temperature controller. This controler has both a male plug (for power of course) and a female plug, which becomes hot when the teperature is higher than your set temperature plus differential, and becomes cold when temp. drops below set temp. and differential. I have mine set at 37 with 2 degree differential. I simply plugged the Danby power cord into the controllers female plug. For the two fans, I simply opened the Brewers Edge controller and ran wire from the black and white wire on the hot side to the fans. Wired as such, thefans run constantly.
Finally, I puchased a stainless Perlick faucet, and a new Micromatic CO2 regulator. Why? Simply because Chadschloss78 did, and I figured if I am going to do this, I should probably do it right. If I can figure out how to post pictures, I will do so below. Thanks again Psychodad and Chadschloss78 for helping me avoid crying over spilled beer foam!
