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Old 01-24-2006, 08:07 PM
Lou Marconi Lou Marconi is offline
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Is the dual bottle pressurized system ($196.00) easy to use? Why is there two bottles?

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Lou

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Old 01-27-2006, 04:55 PM
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No genius on cleaning here but I can't see spending 196 bucks (heck, my kegerator was only $500) on a cleaning system when the one that they gave me free with the kegerator works just fine. You just need something to get the cleaner in the line as far as I can see.
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Old 01-27-2006, 06:48 PM
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I agree Stein, the one supplied with my kegerator does the trick, if I run out of solution I'll just order it from MM

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Old 01-29-2006, 04:34 PM
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Check out this cleaning system. The dual bottle set up is more for commercial cleaning. The second bottle is for your rinse water.

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Old 02-01-2006, 09:36 PM
Lou Marconi Lou Marconi is offline
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Scott,

Thanks for your response and recommendation. The reason for my question was because I had a professional beer line cleaner clean my system after my wife and I bought our house. The system had been off for a couple of months. After he cleaned it he took out his Micromatic catelog and suggested I get the two bottle system. My system lines run from my garage under the house up about 18 feet straight up into the kitchen where I have two taps. He suggested I purchase the two bottle pressurized cleaning system but at the time I did not ask him why I needed two bottles. I will probably only use one tap because the house is a vacation home that I only go to on weekends.

Do you think I should stay with a pressurized system because of the height I would be pumping the solution to? If so, should I just get one bottle, a tap wrench and the cleaning powder?

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Lou



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Old 02-02-2006, 08:21 PM
Scott Zuhse Scott Zuhse is offline
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Lou,

Continue to use the two bottle system. This would be more efficient than the hand pump style. Always practise safety when cleaning with chemicals. The valves on these caps have a tendency to spray after the coupler is removed. Be certain to wear safety glasses / goggles and look away when uncoupling.

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