Beer line lengths

[Mall]

Hi all, setting up a new kegerator this morning.

Is there a recommended length of 4mm beer line from keg to tap?

I have the keg King raised font, 3 tap model and have misplaced the manual. I'm sure it is covered there.

I would appreciate any advice.

 

[Yob]

What sort of taps?

Craft brewer have those flow restriction curly thing you fit into the pick up that help to reduce line length.. OFF the top of my head I think it's 3-4m of line stock standard.

 

[Hippy]

Yep about 4m ideally. The rule of thumb is multiply your internal diameter by 1000. So for 4mm ID you'd be looking at 4000mm or 4m legnth.

 

[Mall]

Thanks guys. Is the length of Gas line critical? I will connect my CO2 bottle with a 3 way splitter to 3 kegs with these thingys:

 

[Black n Tan]

4m seems way too long for 4mm line. I cant remember if mine is 4 or 5mm diameter but is 2.4m long.

 

[Black n Tan]

From Keg King, "For 4mm ID (internal diameter) beer line the length should be 1.8-2.5m"

I would start at 2.7m and cut down to get the system in balance, but 2.4m works for me in a kegerator with shanked taps.

 

[WarmBeer]

Thanks guys. Is the length of Gas line critical? I will connect my CO2 bottle with a 3 way splitter to 3 kegs with these thingys:

Gas line length is not important at all. Go as short as you need while still keeping it flexible for moving kegs around, etc.

 

[simplefisherman]

Those valves work well in my setup, a couple of things I've found though; I've broken a couple of them at the 't' joint, happens when I open the fridge door in a hurry and the disconnect is caught behind a keg, and it pulls the valve part sideways and snap-hiss-****. I guess its a weak point, but it only happens 'cos I've fixed the 3 ways to the fridge door. The valve can still be salvaged as an inline valve though.
Also I found when you push in the pipe and fit the blue clip, give the pipe another push in and it will pop in another 3-4mm. Was getting some gas seeping through until I found that little trick.

And enjoy pouring the tasty beer! Prost!

 

[Crusty]

Hi all, setting up a new kegerator this morning.

Is there a recommended length of 4mm beer line from keg to tap?

I have the keg King raised font, 3 tap model and have misplaced the manual. I'm sure it is covered there.

I would appreciate any advice.

It depends on your situation.
Line length is determined by line diameter, temperature of beer being served & at what kpa you wish to carbonate your beer.
I've found it much easier to carbonate my beer @ serving presssure, 70kpa.
For my situation using 4mm beer line, beer temp of 3deg, it equates to 2.5m of beer line.

 

[brentice]

My beer line is 1.2m and it works well. I have 4 kegs im my kegerator at any one time. Different strokes fot different folks hey. It's all true

 

[CosmicBertie]

Use this spreadsheet. It worked for me. I was hesitant at first to chop my lines in half, but the outcome was spot on.

View attachment co2_and_keg_balancing_v1.2.xls