I am in the process of compiling the pieces to build my basement bar. I want to put the taps through the wall as I have a closet behind where I am planning to place the bar. Only going to have 2 or 3 handles. Plan was to put a kegerator in the room with the top mount tower, remove the tower and run a pipe through tower port for the beer lines to their point of entry into the wall. Any other ideas, suggestions, or issues with my plan? Figured if I use pvc or something from the tower to the faucets, can keep the lines cool, though it’s only going to be probably 2 feet of line outside the kegerator. Any ideas help. Thanks all. Dan
What the hell. I'll answer this one. Done this in two commercial examples, with good results. This project requires a bit of draft knowledge; if you expect to slap a pipe on top of a kegerator and have a faucet come out of a wall you will get shitty foamy warm beer. 1.We found that the kegerator cooling fan alone is not powerful enough to move the air. The solution is this. https://www.amazon.com/AC-Infinity-...rd_wg=n6csl&psc=1&refRID=X83BXHDJ13RGANN7Y4ZE You can also use a squirrel cage blower. 15 cfm is probably about as little as you can go with. 2. A pass through tower will help with proper air flow. It is difficult to get cold air into a dead end pipe. A pass trough has two openings and the air blows much better. But you are spending money and youll need to deal with the installation and carpentry. Or you can try to install this This is a baffle, called an Air Baffle for Forced Air Draft Tower. And it works kind of ok. Forced cold air and beer lines on one side, return air on the other, it separates the air flow. 3. Insulate the pipe. You really need to keep the tower cold and it is harder than it looks. 4. Expect condensation. The less insulation the more condensation. And all that air blowing in your kegerator wants to escape from any little hole, gap, crack. The box needs to be super tight or you're just spitting in the wind so to speak. You will also get rain inside your kegerator. And then mold if you are not diligent. 5. Do not go with a $400 kegerator. Well, do what you want, but if you are really interested in pouring draft beer do it right and spend the money now. This requires a robust condenser and standardized parts. The Bed Bath and Beyond kegerator has neither and will not work. I am telling you, you must use a quality unit in this application. Cheers.
I have never done this or seen it done, but you might be better off converting a refrigerator and running shanks through the side and through the wall adjacent to it (and maybe just cutting a section of both the wall and the side of the fridge out and putting in a shadow box with a blower).
