help cleaning hoses

[BeerMan23]

i dont have a beer pump cleaner or anything like that but i do have some powder cleaner how do i go about useing it i cant get the hose from the draft tower to the tap off. how to i accomplish this task?

[beernbow]

Just a newbie, but I would suggest buying a kit with an adapter that screws right into the faucet attachment. Not a lot of money and no need to disassemble anything.

Disassembling the hose from the faucet isn't too difficult, but it may get annoying if you have to do it evey time you clean the lines.

Lift the cap off your tower, remove the hose clamp (may have to cut if it's not a screw clamp) from the shank and remove the hose. Reattaching is a little more tricky - easy to do outside of the tower, but a little more difficult inside. Best bet is to get the right size tower wrench, pull the hose through the tower and make whatever changes you want. You can do with a small crescent or open-end wrench, but it's a lot easier with the tower wrench.

[bonefish]

Get the cleaning kit!
Sean

[psychodad]

+1 on the kit. If cleaning your lines isn't easy, you will be less likely to clean as often as you should. The beer wasted will far exceed the cost of a cleaning bottle or kit.