Vissani Mod HOWTO (with pics)

[Crucial_25]

I have some brand new items that I removed from my Vissani on ebay

the auction #190333230252

[golfguy1982]

Hey guys,

Thanks to everyone who has made a new Vissani owner more confident. This advice is priceless. I will do my best to help as well with anything I can. With that being said I have a few questions....

Brand new Vissani just unboxed lastnight.......

I did the screw mod. I have frozen two cups of water trying to get the dial in place. With the screw turned a quarter turn.....what do I keep the dial at?? This thing got cold quick...with no problem at all.

How do you hook up the fans......do you use 1 or 2?

[boobsandbrews]

Originally Posted by golfguy1982

Hey guys,

Thanks to everyone who has made a new Vissani owner more confident. This advice is priceless. I will do my best to help as well with anything I can. With that being said I have a few questions....

Brand new Vissani just unboxed lastnight.......

I did the screw mod. I have frozen two cups of water trying to get the dial in place. With the screw turned a quarter turn.....what do I keep the dial at?? This thing got cold quick...with no problem at all.

How do you hook up the fans......do you use 1 or 2?

Okay. Before you go get your first keg, go ahead and turn the cooler off.
Do the following, and if you like, i can send you some pictures.
1. You need to insulate the tower better and make a tower cooler.
2. I highly recommend adding a 8 ft beerline from MM, and replacing the junk that Vissani provides. trust me, the 8 ft makes pours nice.
3. Test all of your parts prior to buying your keg. And make sure you still have your receipt. I replaced the coupler and regulator through the warranty company because both parts went bad and ruined my first keg.
4.Use a PC fan hung from the ceiling to circulate air.
5. Get a good dig thermometer for measuring liquid temp. $10 target
6. Get a cheap freezer thermometer for internal ambient air cooling temp

Once you have made your mods, and checked that all parts operate correctly, I would set your thermo on 1 or between 1 and off. This is currently where mine sits with steel 1/4 barrel and the ambient temp is 30 degrees with a liquid beer temp of 38 on the ***! Your PSi will be determined by beer type and altitude above sea level. I would also recommend that once you get your keg, tap the coupler, turn up to the required psi, and let it sit about 24 hours before pouring and checking for temp. YOu can change your psi based on the temp of the beer at that point. I used 14 psi, on Miller Lite, at 1000 ft above sea level, and never touched the psi since. It pours perfectly with the 8 ft line. Perfect pours with the tower cooler.

[cford88]

I just picked up one of these last night and searched the Instruction Manual and it makes no mention of the Coors Keg not fitting. It says that all 1/2 will fit with no restrictions. I am going to assemble this weekend and see what happens. Thanks for all the good info.