08-25-2009, 01:30 AM
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Lines keep freezing!
I have a problem where my beer lines keep freezing, but my beer one the lines decide to clear up pour a perfect 37'f - 38'f. How can I get my lines to quit freezing so I get can perfect pours? I am afraid that if I turn up my temperature my beer temperature will rise. Suggestions?
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08-25-2009, 05:32 AM
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What is the temperature of your pour and how are your lines routed?
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08-25-2009, 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by psychodad
What is the temperature of your pour and how are your lines routed?
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My first pour is 39'f and my second one after is 37'f. My lines just kind of drape off the side when them facing the fan I installed. i turned the keg about 180' and now the lines are on the opposite side. I have to wiggle and manipulate the lines like crazy to get them to flow beer if they freeze but once i do that I'm in business. This just started with this keg, but then again I was battling hit and miss foam issues with the Sierra Nevada keg I just swapped out. I just think I'm going to have to break down and get an external temperature controller this Haier swings temps way too much
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08-25-2009, 05:17 PM
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What kind of kegerator? Fridge/freezer conversion or prefab? If you have a tower, build a tower cooler and give up on the fan. That fan must be moving quite a bit more air than you need for it to freeze the lines.
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08-26-2009, 12:48 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by psychodad
What kind of kegerator? Fridge/freezer conversion or prefab? If you have a tower, build a tower cooler and give up on the fan. That fan must be moving quite a bit more air than you need for it to freeze the lines.
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It's a Haier Brewmaster... I have the tower cooled with a pc fan. I also have a 120mm case fan mounted on the left upper inside of the kegerator. That might be while it is freezing my lines. I turned the keg 180' as I said in my last post so they are on the opposite side of the keg further away from the fan and they didn't freeze and my first pour of the night/day was 38' with no foam. I am hoping it is that dialed in and it just isn't the beer that is being super forgiving, because it was so hit and miss my last keg. 
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