Danby Freezer to Kegerator conversion

[Jay1]

Hello Everyone,

First off let me thank you all for being here.

I am developing my basement and have managed to pickup a number of cabinets, granite and a tap tower as salvage.

So I have this nice 3 tap tower and want to integrate it into my bar. I have had the granite cut for the tower, I visited a beverage company and they fixed me up with a regulator to run beer gas and a tap for the keg.

I now figure I am about ready to take the plunge and buy a Danby Freezer. The model I have picked out is a DCF726BL unit.

I checked with the company and they say the thermostat will go from +5 to -14c. So I figure this will work fine for my needs. I measured the inside and should be able to cleanly slip a full sized keg in.

Now the fun begins. I was looking for an exploded view of the freezer so I could determine the optimum place to drill a couple of holes for the Keg line and the Beer Gas. I subsequently received the following correspondance.
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Thank you for contacting Danby Products Ltd.

Danby Products in not capable of providing you with any information that would enable you to perform this kind of un-recommended alteration to the product.

It is impossible to adapt this unit in any way, not only because it will void any manufacturers warranty coverage but because it will cause damage to the unit that will disable it from functioning. The coolant for the unit runs throughout the entire frame of the unit and if you should dent or puncture this casing in any way, you will cause irreparable damage to the unit.

Should you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact us again by replying to this email or by telephone at 1-800-263-2629 to speak with a member of our Customer Service team.

Customer Service Department
Danby Products Ltd
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So here are my questions.

1. Where should I drill - Perhaps the lid ?
2. Should I be keeping the beer gas (C02/nitrogen mix) inside the freezer.
3. I will be running a 20ft line to my tower. Short of spending $1200 on a glycol line cooling system any suggestions of how I should be running this line differently so I won't have to pour off 3/4s of a pint each time I go to use it.

[Jay1]

Uggh I was excited to see a response to my post and here it is frigging spam.

[cubby_swans]

Originally Posted by Jay1

Hello Everyone,

First off let me thank you all for being here.

I am developing my basement and have managed to pickup a number of cabinets, granite and a tap tower as salvage.

So I have this nice 3 tap tower and want to integrate it into my bar. I have had the granite cut for the tower, I visited a beverage company and they fixed me up with a regulator to run beer gas and a tap for the keg.

I now figure I am about ready to take the plunge and buy a Danby Freezer. The model I have picked out is a DCF726BL unit.

I checked with the company and they say the thermostat will go from +5 to -14c. So I figure this will work fine for my needs. I measured the inside and should be able to cleanly slip a full sized keg in.

Now the fun begins. I was looking for an exploded view of the freezer so I could determine the optimum place to drill a couple of holes for the Keg line and the Beer Gas. I subsequently received the following correspondance.
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Thank you for contacting Danby Products Ltd.

Danby Products in not capable of providing you with any information that would enable you to perform this kind of un-recommended alteration to the product.

It is impossible to adapt this unit in any way, not only because it will void any manufacturers warranty coverage but because it will cause damage to the unit that will disable it from functioning. The coolant for the unit runs throughout the entire frame of the unit and if you should dent or puncture this casing in any way, you will cause irreparable damage to the unit.

Should you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact us again by replying to this email or by telephone at 1-800-263-2629 to speak with a member of our Customer Service team.

Customer Service Department
Danby Products Ltd
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So here are my questions.

1. Where should I drill - Perhaps the lid ?
2. Should I be keeping the beer gas (C02/nitrogen mix) inside the freezer.
3. I will be running a 20ft line to my tower. Short of spending $1200 on a glycol line cooling system any suggestions of how I should be running this line differently so I won't have to pour off 3/4s of a pint each time I go to use it.

Spam sucks.. so here's a real response with my 2 cents.

is it a chest freezer? If so, you definitely need to drill through the lid.

you can keep the beer gas inside or outside of the freezer. It's probably easier to store inside, so you don't have to drill more holes for the gas line.
You could try a blower line. 20ft is a pretty good length for that, though. For a run that length, you'd probably want a blower with some oomph, such as the one sold here on MicroMatic's beer store.

[Jay1]

Thanks for the reply.

Yes this is a chest freezer. I was hoping to go through the side as having the assembly coming off the top just seems a bit awkward. I guess if I use a flex line like the one shown it won't be as bad as the solid PVC that I was thinking of using.

I took a good look at the blowers - they look like they will do the trick. Thanks for pointing them out. The PC fans I was looking at didn't really seem to have the kind of oomph that I was looking for.

I understand well the return air system. A pipe within a pipe. The only question that remains is how to exit the product lines at the freezer end. Should I be using some kind of T-Assembly with the product line coming off ? otherwise how does it exit the blower......