WARM TOWER

[call4getter]

If anybody has answers for any part of my question I would appreciate your help.................................
I have a Danby model DCK644BLS. It is a direct draw with a 3 inch tower. The unit has a digital thermostat that can be set from 36 to 41 degrees. I keep it set at 36. The read out displays the actual cabinet temperature and will range from 32 to 40 degrees depending when the cooling cycle had run last. I have a problem with a lot of foam on the first pour. I think it may be because the tower doesn't seam to cool very well. If I pour several in a row they get much better after the second. Like I said the tower is a 3 inch tower but the hole leading through the top of the cabinet is only about half that size and I don't think the cool air is able to get up there. I know that micromatic sells a blower model 2C782 that looks like the right kind for my kegerator. If this one would work how do I wire it in? I also noticed that it has 3 holes for mounting it. Does this mount right to the inside of the cabinet and blow air up the hole with no other hoses required? Is there a hole that I'm not seeing to run the line up through the blower unit?
Thanks in advance for your advice!

[iceman]

36 degrees is not cold enough. 32-35 would be better. the tower is
absorbing room temp and can't stay cold. try re-insulating the tower
beer lines right up to the shank. this might help.

[Auld Og]

I think these type of units always foam for the first glass or so because the tower is not cooled in any way. As I believe mmscott says, you've got a "beer cooled" tower. I'm not sure about the blowers on offer (how would it plug in?).

[premio]

Sometimes it is best to think simpler. I had a great idea that works quite well.

Go to a hardware store and get 20-25" of 1/2 copper pipe. Solder the bottom closed, fill with water and add a little salt to keep the freezing range low, solder the top closed. slide this down your tower and rest the bottom on the keg, so that the metal is touching metal. The top should touch the metal for your tap and run the entire length of the line. Thanks to the specific heat capacity of water and copper, you will have a cold beer line

-n