insanim8er
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Can you let this thing sit overnight to verify it will actually hold pressure.
Well I'm 100% satisfied with the results. It's still at 10psi holding strong.
Funny thing ... I did have a leak in my spunding valve, so I wrapped the ball with plumbers tape. That seemed to do the trick (I need to get a plastic ball for it). Anyway, the needle hasn't moved since...
I have to stress the fact that the size of the holes in the stopper is extremely important. It needs to be very snug.
I'm confident this will work for fermenting, but I have some ideas to make it more ridgid for adding ball locks to it. I think this same set up can convert a sankey to a ball lock for serving or for fermenting as well...the parts will cost more over all though.
I'm thinking about using two of these
They will go through the stopper. On the top is a washer and nut and on the bottom is a SS washer and SS nut. This will "sandwich" stopper and make the connectors more ridgid. The inside can connect a dip tube via compression the too can connect a ball lock connector... I think it will work very well.
Well... I call this an absolute success. Now I'm off to Home Depot to get the supplies for quick connect and to make several more of these for my other kegs.
I'm brewing tomorrow or Friday... :rockin: