Gas And Beer Hose Length

[82Mike]

I have read that beer hose in a keggerator setup should be at lest 5ft long to prevent over foaming.

Are there any considerations when running gas lines? Can line from the CO2 regulator to the manifold and then from manifold to keg be as short as say a foot or two (ie the minimum necessary, to keep things relatively tidy and easy to get to inside the kegerator)?

 

[NickB]

No limit on how short your gas lines can be. Will be the same pressure wether 5cm or 5m.

Cheers

 

[stux]

Will be the same pressure wether 5cm or 5m.

Not sure this is actually true.

I don't have the equipment to measure it, but I think there is a pressure drop as the length and joins/manifolds increase.

My 4m gas line behaves differently to my 40cm one.

Also you don't 'need' long beer lines if you have flow controller taps.

 

[tallie]

Not sure this is actually true.

I don't have the equipment to measure it, but I think there is a pressure drop as the length and joins/manifolds increase.

My 4m gas line behaves differently to my 40cm one.

If it's a closed system, it should be true. You'll obviously need a higher volume of gas to reach the same pressure in the longer line, but once it has equalised, it should be the same pressure throughout. I run a 10m line from my kegerator to under the house for purging kegs where I clean & fill them, and the only difference I can tell is how long it takes to pressurise the kegs.

Cheers,
tallie

 

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