Kegerator - drilling hole in side for co2 line

[welly2]

Hey all,

Going to fit my gas cylinder outside my fridge. What is the best way of finding out where the cooling lines are so I don't hit them? I've got a Kelvinator N350A. It's a bit of an old fridge and haven't found any reference manuals online for it.

Cheers

 

[Diesel80]

Tiny hole through outer skin then poke something like a nail through and check for resistance?

Others make a paste of something up that evaporates off the fridge which is running hard. The coolant lines are hottest so evaps faster above them. Do a search on here i have seen some good posts covering this method. Else check out some American hb sites. Covered there often!

 

[Liam_snorkel]

drill through a block of wood and use it as a chock so that only the tip of the drill goes through the outer skin, then poke around with a wire to make sure you're just getting foam. if the coast is clear, dive in.

 

[welly2]

Awesome, excellent tip! Cheers

 

[Benn]

Get pissed, gaze at all the HB bottles you have lying about that will inevitably need sanitising. Look at your Co2 bottle, now look at the bottles again. Now start drilling holes in your fridge with the vague assurance that all the mechanical **** happens in the back wall of the fridge and that the sides and door are just full of foam insulation because that's what your mate said and come to think of it you can't remember seeing any pipes in the sides of all the busted up fridges you've seen at the tip.

 

[welly2]

Well, that went alright!



And I fitted my new Perlick tap. Now to get the beer out of it. Back to my other post.

 

[Benn]

Late...Last night I hit a refrigerant line in the side of my keg fridge while drilling a couple of small holes to fit some locking latches. All the gas hissed out and now my fridge is Knackered. Tried soldering it but I've nearly drilled right through the pipe and out the other side. I'm Spewing, the fridge is big enough to hold 4 kegs and there's nothing much on E-bay at that's any good at the moment.
No more getting the tools out after dark! :icon_drunk:

 

[Diesel80]

Get pissed....start drilling holes in your fridge with the vague assurance that all the mechanical **** happens in the back wall of the fridge and that the sides and door are just full of foam insulation because that's what your mate said and come to think of it you can't remember seeing any pipes in the sides of all the busted up fridges you've seen at the tip.

Late...Last night I hit a refrigerant line in the side of my keg fridge while drilling a couple of small holes to fit some locking latches......

Oh man.... I did chuckle, but that does suck.

Cheers,
D80

 

[Danscraftbeer]

Gulp. I thought the same. That all the stuff was only in the back wall of the fridge. I guess I was lucky when I drilled for the gas line and 4 taps. Feuw!

 

[Benn]

The refrigerant line I hit was only about 5mm in diameter running vertically up the the front side of the side panel. I was using a 1/8th bit... Couple of mm to either side and I'd have been right as rain. I'd not long plumbed the keg setup in either, I was only onto my 5th keg. What a Caarrnt!

 

[Benn]

This is her before the accident.