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  1. 09-22-2009 09:46 PM #1
    kurney
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    Default Foam, foam foam

    Just hooked up the conversion kit i ordered from here, purchased the 2 tap kit for the fridge door. i tapped a 20l keg of rickards red and it was just rocketing out. i had the psi gauge reading at 12psi, then i thought maybe i should open the co2 switch for the second keg despite no second keg being connected. doing so poured a perfect pour....for a little while. i've been tinkering with the psi levels and never found one that would pour another perfect pour. i had to resort to pictures as pouring a single pint would result in a 50/50 pour of foam and beer. the temp in the fridge was approx 2 celsius, all the lines i have to assume are right length and i never altered them.

    i was getting the same result from 10-12 psi when i had both switches open on the y adapter....and if i closed one switch it would rocket out.

    this is my first upright fridge conversion, previous is a tower conversion, and i've never had foam issues with the tower conversion.

    keg sat for 24 hours before being tapped in the fridge.... faucets are 48" above base of fridge, couldn't go higher w/out losing the freezer

    any help?
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  2. 09-23-2009 06:59 AM #2
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    I don't get why the pressure would be reduced with the other valve open, unless the tap on that line is in the lever down position and letting the CO2 escape to the atmosphere. Which is obviously not what you want to be doing. What does the gauge read when you do this?
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  3. 09-23-2009 10:33 AM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by TomK View Post
    I don't get why the pressure would be reduced with the other valve open, unless the tap on that line is in the lever down position and letting the CO2 escape to the atmosphere. Which is obviously not what you want to be doing. What does the gauge read when you do this?
    that was my question also! the coupler definatley isn't active, and when I opened both valves the guage didn't change at all! all i know for certain is that when only one valve was open the beer was ROCKETING, wait, the FOAM was ROCKETING out.

    I've got the guage currently reading 12PSI, i did have to take it out of the fridge and get the gauges back to room temp before it read proper. I'm thinking of tapping two kegs next time i can afford a trip for 2 and see what it does....still hoping someone might be able to weigh in with something I might have missed.
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  4. 09-28-2009 10:33 AM #4
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    no mods or anyone to weigh in here?
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  5. 10-05-2009 11:34 AM #5
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    How long are the tubes from the keg cupler to the faucet? If they are rocketing out as you say at only 12PSI i bet they are only 5' length tubes. I had this problem and changed lines to 10' and that drasticly slowed the speed of the beer flow.

    If you have a dual tap currently you have two lines already (I assume). If you want to try it, get a barbed connector and join the two 5' tubes to make one 10' just for an experiement. If it slows the speed down and solves your issue then i'd suggeset buying a 10' section of tube and get rid of that connecting piece. If not... then back to square 1
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  6. 10-06-2009 12:57 PM #6
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    How long did you let the keg settle before you tapped it?

    Also, what temp is/was the keg?
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