Tower on mini fridge build question.

[Kmcogar]

Right now I made my mini fridge into a kegerator. I bought another corny keg and there's no way it's gonna fit. So I figure I'm gonna add an extension or "collar" to it. When I bought the corny keg the guy gave me a single tap tower for free (score!) So I am gonna put the tower on the mini fridge. Do I need to put something in the tower to keep the lines cold?

 

[Newsman]

It definitely wouldn't hurt. Some folks will run a copper pipe up the tower to help pull the cold in. Others use a fan. It will help prevent foamy beer.

 

[Kmcogar]

I'll have to look up that copper thing

 

[Newsman]

I think it's just a piece of regular old copper water pipe being used as a heat sink to pull cold up from the kegerator.

 

[Kmcogar]

I'll have to look up that copper thing

 

[Kmcogar]

It seems simple enough. Thanks. I'll def add that to my supplies list for the build

 

[matc]

For what it's worth, i've tried the copper pipe with insulation in the tower and it didn't work at all, lots of foam on first pour. And yes, i made sure to have a lot of copper tubing inside the fridge to transfer the cold. I had like 18".

I removed the copper, drilled a bigger on top of the fridge and used a shop vac flexible hose connected to a turbine fan that sits at the bottom. Perfect setup now

So take a look at those fan/tower installation and skip the copper

 

[Kmcogar]

Well damn, the copper seemed much easier....

 

[tborow]

I've seen someone on here use copper pellets/beebees and I imagine that would work pretty good.

 

[Kmcogar]

I've seen someone on here use copper pellets/beebees and I imagine that would work pretty good.

What is a copper pellet/beebee?

 

[Stealthcruiser]

Me thinks he means "B-B's"

 

[Kmcogar]

Well, I'm having second thoughts about installing the tower...I usually only have a beer or 2 for myself and my kegerator sits in the garage. I don't need any extra foam in my brew. And it's seems like more trouble then it's worth. For me at least. Anyone need a tower?

 

[tborow]

What is a copper pellet/beebee?