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Bones wrote:

Matt F wrote:Moving the gas outside the fridge was huge too!

How did you do this? I had simple barbed fittings that I used to go through the side. Plans are to go to a smaller 5# bottle to leave it in the fridge (along with the taps) on it's side where the crisper was and still have 2...maybe 3 kegs above.

I wasn't a huge fan of my old set up and had leaks which were frustrating.

I kept it very simple. I used a step bit to drill a hole from the inside and the outside. I kept stepping up the size until the tubing would just barely squeeze through the side of the fridge. I pushed the tubing through the hole which was very tight. The insulation in the fridge wall made a tight seal around the tubing since the step bit left only a small hole in it. I added nothing else and there does not seem to be any air leaking out.

So basically, no extra fittings, just drill the smallest hole you can get by with and shove the tube through. Randy did something similar with his fridge and added grommets to seal it.
http://www.crbeernuts.org/phpBB3/viewto ... c&start=30

There are some pictures on the first pages of that post that show my old setup. The new one is so much better. I'll add some pics to my photo album on the site some time.

no, this would use the internal thermostat. i'll be migrating my kegging to this fridge and using my keezer primarily as a fermenter. I'm fine with running it at its warmest setting then letting my pint sit on the counter a bit as it warms a few degrees to temp. so yeah, I think I'll just use the painted mdf for now and see how long it lasts. I should get a few years out of it, I suspect.

I use the fridge thermostat too. I set it as warm as it will go and that seems to work OK.

Any frig made in the last 20/25 years won't have a moisture issue if you just let it run.
I have a piece of 3/4" plywood resting on the molded in shelf supports that I can wrestle a full size keg onto. Never a problem in 5 years.

I added several pictures to my personal album on this website of my beer fridge. I added some descriptions to guide you along.
http://www.crbeernuts.org/phpBB3/album.php?user_id=14

By the way, I currently just set my kegs on the flimsy crisper shelf.  So far, no collapse.

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JimPotts wrote:By the way, I currently just set my kegs on the flimsy crisper shelf.  So far, no collapse.

+1

Dammit. I had already tossed mine when I moved the fridge to the garage.  




On May 3, 2012, at 11:41 AM, kjball <brew-equipment@crbeernuts.org (brew-equipment@crbeernuts.org)> wrote:

JimPotts wrote: By the way, I currently just set my kegs on the flimsy crisper shelf.  So far, no collapse.


+1



Bad people drink bad beer. You don't usually see an empty bottle of Rochefort tossed onto the side of the road

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I was going to try the crisper door too, but by lowering the kegs It allowed me to add another shelf capable of holding tall bottles and made it possible for more than 4 kegs.

I used treated lumber, because I had some on hand. I made a plywood false floor, and placed it on the ledge where the crisper drawers were. The tacked 2x4 chunks to the bottom, the level it off. No moisture issues so far, and it has been over a year.