When tower cooling is not possible

[Jrichard]

My tap comes out of my fridge. I don't see a way of cooling it at all.

Some posts suggest using long lengths of hose works well. About 11' to 15' of 3/16 hose is what some are using.

I guess my question is, can I compensate for temperature by using abnormally long hose line?
My fridge chills to about 40 degrees, but the tap is anyone's guess. I'd bet it's higher by more than a few degrees over fridge temperature.

[THE ICEMAN]

If it comes directly out of the fridge you shouldn't have much of a temperature loss. The problem with towers is that they are separated from the cooling. You don't have that problem.

[jumper]

Like ICEMAN said, door taps aren't prone to temp problems like the tower taps are. Also, 11 to 15 feet is WAY too much beer line. Start with 7 and trim back from there, otherwise you'll be waiting forever to get a beer out of it.

Try to get a good reading of your liquid temp and go from there, an extra long line won't affect temps one way or another... especially inside a conversion fridge like that.

[Misterworst]

Just to be sure i didn't have any problems with my fridge conversion i got a 6 inch shank so the cold could be conducted to the faucet. Not sure if it really helps but it seemed to make sense at the time.