Keg King Intertap

[lael]

Ah! I've been thinking about making one with the taps inside the door! How well does it work?

 

[enoch]

It is great having cold taps. The problem is the cold air that escapes every time the door is opened.
I have put foam in the bottom of the door opening and the new font has wings that join the bit with the taps to the supports either side of the middle door. I have another piece of stainless which is going in the bottom hole to hide the foam.

 

[enoch]

Problem solved.
The heavy duty clean was mandatory. Grease plus a fairly chunky bit of swarf from machining.
Not sure whether the excess foaming is over/under gassing or it being 38 here ATM.
At least coming better now versus last night.
Recycling is in - taps on the inside of a dishwasher front panel, sides are from a range hood duct and big shiny bottom is a panel from an old oven. Cold air no longer tumbles out when pouring a beer.
3D printed handles are cheesy but hey...

 

[quadbox]

3D printed handles are cheesy but hey...

They're cute . Did you print the thread, or have they got inserts?

 

[cspencer]

Did you print the thread, or have they got inserts?

enoch, I'd be interested also, got a 3D print myself and would love to grab an STL file.

 

[quadbox]

The thread if memory serves me is 5/16-16 UNC

But I'd check that before hand if I were you

 

[enoch]

The thread if memory serves me is 5/16-16 UNC

But I'd check that before hand if I were you

3/8 or about 9.5 mm is the tap thread. You need to make it a bit bigger than that to give room.

I made this http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1236304 rod that you subtract from the bottom of what you want to turn into a tap handle.

 

[quadbox]

it'd be cool to print like a few cheesy starships or something, a tardis a borg cube a leviathan... lol. Call me a nerd, (well I am) but hey

 

[enoch]

As a bloke with a Dalek tap handle I can't judge...

 

[spog]

As a bloke with a Dalek tap handle I can't judge...

Pics please !
I grew up watching Dr Who.

 

[enoch]

Pic in post http://aussiehomebrewer.com/topic/87902-keg-king-intertap/?p=1342001 above. It's the black one.

 

[cspencer]

3/8 or about 9.5 mm is the tap thread. You need to make it a bit bigger than that to give room.

I made this http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1236304 rod that you subtract from the bottom of what you want to turn into a tap handle.

thanks heaps

 

[enoch]

Might start a new thread (bad pun) for 3D printed tap handles. There is probably other brew gear people have printed too.

 

[BBBF]

Can anyone comment on how well the stout attachment works?

 

[passedpawn]

I'm interested in these taps. They look great.

 

[Topher]

Can anyone comment on how well the stout attachment works?

Really well. I only use co2 at the moment, but i simply carb real low, then bump pressure up heaps to pour. Noice creamy head, easy to unscrew and clean. Had an amber and a stout through it so far.

 

[desitter]

Hooked 3 new FC InterTap faucets up yesterday, and tested them today. Unfortunately I'm getting nothing but foam, regardless of the position of the FC handle. I was dispensing from the keg via a few meters of line and a picnic tap just the other day without issue, and the flow going through the lines with the FC faucets hooked up shows no sign of foam (only have a short piece from keg to shank < 1m). The beer, lines, and faucet were all at serving temp, so it's not a temperature issue. I inspected the shanks and elbow barb and I can't perceive any irregularities that might cause turbulence, and they worked fine for the Perlick 650SS I recently had replaced.

Just to be sure I tested pouring through all three shanks and with all three faucets, but have yet to get anything other than more foam. Not that it should make a difference, but I also tried dropping the pressure in the keg from around 11-12 psi to 1-2 psi, but this made no difference. When I'm pouring the beer, even on the slowest setting, I can hear and fizzing/gushing noise coming from where the faucet meets the shank, so it's likely the foaming is occurring there.

Anyone having or had similar issues, or could offer any suggestions as to what to try next?

 

[bradsbrew]

What's it like now with the picnic tap?

 

[zeggie]

I inspected the shanks and elbow barb and I can't perceive any irregularities that might cause turbulence

Definitely got the washer in the right spot between the shank and tail piece?

 

[desitter]

Just hooked up the picnic tap again, pouring fine. Took off the elbow barb and the washer looks like it had been seated correctly. Hard to say though as I can't see it when it's all assembled. But I took extra care to align it correctly when tightening the nut. I had not disassembled it since using the Perlicks, which worked fine, so it's likely not the issue. Thanks for your suggestions though.

 

[desitter]

I'm not entirely sure the path beer takes while passing through these faucets, so this may be inconsequential, but I notice that the seven holes that pass from the outside to the hollow inside, and span the circumference of the restrictor (show in the image below) have been poorly machined, and still have burrs that partially obstruct the holes themselves. I'm not sure if beer is meant to flow through these holes, but if so it's likely that these burrs would provide a considerable about of turbulence.

 

[enoch]

Mine took a while to settle down but I also realised I was way over gassed.
They did need a good clean and mine did have a chunk of swarf in one. Not as smoothly machined as either my old celis or my perlick fc.

 

[Tropico]

, or could offer any suggestions as to what to try next?

put you pressure back to what you normally have.

Mine took a while to settle down but I also realised I was way over gassed.
They did need a good clean and mine did have a chunk of swarf in one. Not as smoothly machined as either my old celis or my perlick fc.

enoch is right, it will take a while to settle down and you may have to play around a little to get it perfect.

 

[takai]

My new FC Intertap is also foaming tons. Given i have multiple taps i swapped it onto the other two spots and it foams with any combo of line, post and keg. The Perlick 630 and non-FC Intertap i have don't have any issues.

Thoughts?

 

[Blind Dog]

Have you tried calling Keg King? I've called twice re problems with Keg King branded products - sorted both times quickly and easily

 

[takai]

Haven't yet. Been flat chat with other things and only picked it up yesterday. Disassembled and cleaned it before install, minimal swarf that was easily removed.

 

[verysupple]

I got my kegerator the other day and have the Intertap flow control taps, so I'm looking forward to giving it a go.

All this talk of foaming is a bit concerning, especially seeing I'm brand new to kegging so troubleshooting might be more difficult for me. Anyhoos, I was reading this thread and thought maybe these have the same problem. Maybe the taps need to be screwed really tightly to the shanks?

 

[takai]

I pulled mine down last night and soaked it overnight in Starsan. Gave it a really good scrub this morning and refitted it tonight. Popped a new keg on and somewhere in all of that it has fixed it. So it was either left over machining residue that i failed to clean the first time, a misalignment when i put it back together the first time, or perhaps it just wasnt quite seated properly.

Still get slightly more initial foam than the 630 or the plain Intertap, but thats most likely due to the extra thermal mass taking a little while to settle.

 

[verysupple]

Good to hear you've had success. The flow control ones must be pretty new, so other than this thread I haven't read anyone's experiences. I was starting to get worried. I'll let you know how mine go once I get a keg hooked up.

 

[takai]

Good to hear you've had success. The flow control ones must be pretty new, so other than this thread I haven't read anyone's experiences. I was starting to get worried. I'll let you know how mine go once I get a keg hooked up.

Yeah, they only came in stock in late Dec or so.