Connection question - for tap line cleaning

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  1. pointyskull

    pointyskull Zealot (675) Mar 17, 2010 Illinois
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    Dumb question of the day:

    I'm putting together a tap line cleaning pump - per this video:

    for my kegerator.

    I'm good with the connection for the ball lock liquid out for my homebrew line, but my question is on the line I use for commercial kegs.

    On that I have the beer line connected to standard D tap (Kegco KC KTS97D-W), with the liquid out connected to the 3/16 beer line via a hex nut (which came with the kegerator).

    I'm trying to rig up a coupler for the pump, and I am having trouble trying to find something that will connect to the hex nut - or where to get it.

    If any of this makes sense - I would appreciate any assistance.
     
    #1 pointyskull, Aug 31, 2017
  2. DougC123

    DougC123 Savant (1,186) Aug 21, 2012 Connecticut

    I have to laugh at him extolling the virtues of not having to take his faucets off for cleaning. If you don't take them off and disassemble them, they will get all gunked up.
     
    #2 DougC123, Aug 31, 2017
  3. pointyskull

    pointyskull Zealot (675) Mar 17, 2010 Illinois
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    Yeah, I don't buy into that either.
    But as an in-between deep cleanings it should suffice.
     
    #3 pointyskull, Aug 31, 2017
  4. pointyskull

    pointyskull Zealot (675) Mar 17, 2010 Illinois
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    I'm guessing I should probably use something like this:
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    which I didn't even know existed (long time bottler, new kegerator owner)
     
    #4 pointyskull, Aug 31, 2017
  5. billandsuz

    billandsuz Pooh-Bah (2,097) Sep 1, 2004 New York
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    This is the product
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    That's a D coupler attachment you can use to run solution through while the coupler is attached. They can be daisy chained too. But that is also a lot more complex than it needs to be. And expensive.

    I disconnect each coupler and unscrew the gas and liquid nuts. Then hand clean the coupler. Be sure to remove the ball and bruch the inside tube. And don't lose that ball either. It will get away from you if you don't pay attention.

    Then screw the liquid side into this
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    and the cleaner side into the other end. That's a "Duplex Coupling". You can also use this one
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    That's an MBTxMBT angle wall bracket and it will be easy to find. Designed to be mounted on a wall... um, yeah.

    Hand clean the faucet.

    Another really good trick, one that is faster and cleans better than any other method, and doesn't even cost so much.
    Buy 100' of this
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    and replace it when you feel like a line cleaning is needed.
    Cheers.
     
    #5 billandsuz, Aug 31, 2017
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  6. matthewp

    matthewp Pundit (856) Feb 27, 2015 Massachusetts
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    I would think cleaning the faucet is the most important part. Its the part that has contact with air and germs the entire time. Not sure why you'd want to save time not cleaning them. Besides the faucets are so easy to clean, especially if you have a good set of faucets. If you don't have a good set of SS faucets you quickly realize the value of SS. Every time I cleaned my original cheapo faucets I saw more and more corrosion. The thought of what odd metals getting into my beer over time wasn't pretty.

    I spend most of my time cleaning the faucets and the D tap since they have the most gunk and the most contact with air.
     
    #6 matthewp, Aug 31, 2017
  7. mikehartigan

    mikehartigan Maven (1,421) Apr 9, 2007 Illinois

    That's what I use. My keezer was originally intended strictly for home brew. As commercial kegs started entering the picture, I simply installed a pair of these on each of my newly acquired Sanke taps and enjoyed! Switching between commercial and Corny kegs couldn't be easier.
     
    #7 mikehartigan, Sep 5, 2017
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