Keezer

Finally got around to converting the old freezer into a Keezer.

Then it got an upgrade.

Gas board
Gas board, prior to upgrade
Parts arrived
Parts arrived

The best piece of advice was to check for the cooling pipes. Approximate locations identified by switching on the freezer and locating cold spots. First holes drilled after exploring for cooling pipes with a pilot hole, then digging around with a skewer. Just as well, there were pipes to be avoided.

Safe areas identified
Safe areas identified

Two holes needed, one for the heater power and temperature probe cable, and one for the gas pipe.

The two rear holes
The two rear holes
The hole for the tap
The hole for the tap
Slightly off center to avoid cooling pipes
Slightly off center to avoid cooling pipes

Then move onto the hardware.

First job, fit the automatic closing spring to the tap.
First job, fit the automatic closing spring to the tap.

The Panic!

The shank for the tap appeared to be too short, only just reaching through the insulation with no useable thread exposed for connecting the beer line.

A bit of heavy-handed spanner work managed to pinch the shank fixings tight enough
A bit of heavy-handed spanner work managed to pinch the shank fixings tight enough to expose some thread.
Tap fitted
Tap fitted
Beer line fitted
Beer line fitted

On to the main gas board.

Gas manifold fitted
Gas manifold fitted
Along with flow checker and gauge
Along with flow checker and gauge
completed
Gas board completed

Issues

The gas and beer flow appeared a little slow.

Gas Unbeknown to me, the gas manifold has its own one way checker so there was no need for the one I'd fitted, it was only adding to gas flow resistance.

Beer I hadn't factored in the length of the beer line, not grasping the effect it would have on the flow rate of the beer; shortening it improved flow rate dramatically.