Kegerator Build

[darkbrew1972]

Haven't posted in a while. Been busy building my new kegerator. Using a Kenmore mini fridge purchased off Craig's List. Almost have it done but thought I would post some pics of the progress thus far.

 

[darkbrew1972]

And a few more... I plan on putting together a blog post on the complete build when the project is done and I have a couple of kegs of homebrew inside it. Just have to finish the top and tower.

 

[brewski08]

beautiful. very nice build.

 

[darkbrew1972]

Thank you, I have pulled some ideas from different keezer/kegerator builds seen on this forum and tossed in a few of my own.

 

[Indian_villager]

Does that fridge have the hotside coils on the rear? If not they are in the skin and you really need to provide some room all around the outer walls of the fridge to vent out the heat.

 

[steveoatley]

Thats fantastic ! :rockin:

How much to make one for me ?!

S

 

[darkbrew1972]

No hot side coils in the rear. Ran it for a couple of days without issues, the thermal sensor on the compressor didn't kick off once, compressor was no hotter than normal. The unit didn't generate a lot of heat to begin with.
Brought the whole unit down to 32°F just to see if I could. If there are issues in the future I can always replace the compressor and re-work the coils to the back of the fridge.

 

[Chaserb31]

Nice Job.

 

[MrFoodScientist]

No hot side coils in the rear. Ran it for a couple of days without issues, the thermal sensor on the compressor didn't kick off once, compressor was no hotter than normal. The unit didn't generate a lot of heat to begin with.
Brought the whole unit down to 32°F just to see if I could. If there are issues in the future I can always replace the compressor and re-work the coils to the back of the fridge.

Did you run it with a full keg or empty. The compressor will work harder trying to get a keg or two down to temperature than cooling just 5 cf or so of air.

 

[darkbrew1972]

Just ran it empty. Currently have no homebrew goodness ready to put into a keg.

Empty the compressor barely gets warm to the touch, no different than when it didn't have the plywood affixed to the sides. Likely it will run a bit warmer once it has a real load in it. Could always install a cooling fan in the back to help pull heat off the compressor if it feels too hot.

 

[darkbrew1972]

A couple more pics of this weeks progress. Top done and tower built. Just need to poly the tower, add the insulation, and connect up the re-circulating fan for tower cooling. Then the final plumbing connections for the faucets.