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  • #16
    Originally posted by claponsie View Post
    Right, but you could just buy the FOB and put it on a keg coupler, couldn't you?
    Sure, not sure how much the FOB, 2 ball valves would cost

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    • #17
      Originally posted by Jer View Post
      While we're on this topic - what does the 100$ GW Kent connector get a guy that a 40$ standard sanke connector with a 4$ 1/2" tailpiece doesn't??

      -J.
      stainless steel
      Todd G Hicks
      BeerDenizen Brewing Services

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      • #18
        Originally posted by Crosley View Post
        The whole point of the GW fillet is the FOB, what it does is limit the flow of air out of the keg which in turn limits the flow of be into the keg reducing foaming. The nicest part is that when the keg is full of pushes into the FOB and pushes the ball up and shuts off. This is nice because you can do other items around the brewery and not have to wait for it.

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        You're right, but the sanke coupler with the FOB is 250$, not 100$!!! It's just the sanke coupler alone that is 100$. The FOB alone can be had for 149$. (http://www.gwkent.com/proline-ii-keg-filler-fob.html). Is there something magical, other than it being stainless, about this:

        Micro Matic “D” Style Keg Coupler. Micro Matic keg couplers are all aimed at providing the highest level of safety, user-friendly operations, easy cleaning and ergonomic design. Can be used to fill kegs and wash kegs that have an American “D” style Sankey spear. The handle is ergonomically designed for easy and safe operation. For any draft beer or soft drink system the performance of the keg coupler is vital. The keg coupler connects the gas and beverage lines to the keg and ensures a pressurized flow. Designed for filling keg and washing keg with American Sankey coupler. Keg is inverted and wash solutions are injected under pressure through beer outlet. Cleaning chemical and rinse water enter keg through the keg valve and cascade down the inverted keg's inner surface. The wash solution and rinse water is then evacuated through the keg valve CO2 port on the coupler.


        Larger bore for higher flow?? Does it give backrubs?? Or is this just the GW Kent discount in action???

        This one is all stainless too:

        All-stainless Sankey coupler, fits almost all North American beer kegs: Bud, Michelob, Busch, Miller, Coors, Killians, Sam Adams, Pete, Molson, Labatt, OV, Moosehead, Summit, Bells, etc. Needed but not included are a tail piece, beer nut, and black beer shank washer which can be found on our Shanks & Tail Pieces pa


        and it's 49$.

        -J.
        Jeremy Reed
        Co-Founder and President, assistant brewer, amateur electrician, plumber, welder, refrigeration tech, and intermediately swell fella
        The North of 48 Brewing Company
        Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

        www.no48.ca

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        • #19
          The GWKent filler gets you the stainless micromatic coupler, 2 beer thread ball valves (NOT PICTURED on their website), 2 beer nuts, and two 1/2" tailpieces. The rest of the cost that doesn't add up is the 2 ball valves that aren't pictured.

          Just a word of warning on these too - we have purchased a half dozen of them and sent 3 back because the threads were completely galled an unusable. Might be better off purchasing separate and assembling yourself...

          Cheers,
          Tom

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          • #20
            Originally posted by BemidjiBrewing View Post
            The GWKent filler gets you the stainless micromatic coupler, 2 beer thread ball valves (NOT PICTURED on their website), 2 beer nuts, and two 1/2" tailpieces. The rest of the cost that doesn't add up is the 2 ball valves that aren't pictured.

            Just a word of warning on these too - we have purchased a half dozen of them and sent 3 back because the threads were completely galled an unusable. Might be better off purchasing separate and assembling yourself...

            Cheers,
            Tom
            Oh!! Well, that explains it. Where do the ball valves live - between the sanke adapter and the FOB, or after the FOB??

            GW has cool stuff, but I really wish their website (and their pricing) was a bit better.

            -J.
            Jeremy Reed
            Co-Founder and President, assistant brewer, amateur electrician, plumber, welder, refrigeration tech, and intermediately swell fella
            The North of 48 Brewing Company
            Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

            www.no48.ca

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            • #21
              Good question on the product that contains the FOB - I was referring to this product: http://www.gwkent.com/stainless-stee...ling-head.html that is just a manual filling coupler, sans FOB. The product photo looks like a plain SS coupler with some tailpieces but it actually ships with 2 ball valves as well.

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              • #22
                Originally posted by BemidjiBrewing View Post
                Good question on the product that contains the FOB - I was referring to this product: http://www.gwkent.com/stainless-stee...ling-head.html that is just a manual filling coupler, sans FOB. The product photo looks like a plain SS coupler with some tailpieces but it actually ships with 2 ball valves as well.
                and the ball valves are supposed to go between the tailpieces and the sanke connector??
                Jeremy Reed
                Co-Founder and President, assistant brewer, amateur electrician, plumber, welder, refrigeration tech, and intermediately swell fella
                The North of 48 Brewing Company
                Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

                www.no48.ca

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                • #23
                  Correct - Ball valve on both the beer inlet (vertical connection) and gas outlet (~45° connection). That way you have flow control going into the keg, which normally is wide open or completely closed, and flow control of the pressure being vented out of the keg as the beer displaces it. The tailpiece on the gas side allows you to run a blowoff hose to a bucket of sani so a full keg blows foam/beer to the bucket rather than your pants

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                  • #24
                    The threaded inlet at the end of the FOB allows you to screw a T saddle valve for additional control on the rate of gas release. We have not found that we need it, but it's there right?

                    So far it has worked exactly as designed and have had no issues. Keep sufficient head pressure on your brite tank and you're filling kegs in 4-5 minutes consistently.

                    Originally posted by Jer View Post
                    No, I mean there's female threads just past the sight glass on the FOB thingy - Ill try and shoot a pic.

                    Success!!!

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                    -J.

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                    • #25
                      Ya - I've done some kegging with it over the past couple weeks and I really like it. I'd like it a lot more if it was $60USD instead of 129, but whatever, ya can't take it with ya.....

                      Has anyone ever connected kegs serially, or daisy chain them, when filling?? I know that one can use a manifold, but then you'd have to have an FOB for every keg.

                      -J.
                      Jeremy Reed
                      Co-Founder and President, assistant brewer, amateur electrician, plumber, welder, refrigeration tech, and intermediately swell fella
                      The North of 48 Brewing Company
                      Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

                      www.no48.ca

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                      • #26
                        Did you ever get this fixed / solved?

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