Looking good Clint. How did you get that 130kwh per year? This information could be exactly what I need to convince SWMBO, I need another.This is my chest freezer conversion, did have one tap out of a fridge but now upgrade
Running in at approx 130kwh per year this costs approx $21 a year to run (based on $0.16 per kwh)
How big the freezer, how many kegs will it hold?
Mine is a Centrex (now out of business) 200L. Without a collar, it will hold 4, with a collar of the appropriate height, 6.Ditto. I'm finishing uni this year and top of my list for new toys is a chest freezer set-up, be interested to see what size freezers hold different numbers of kegs. I'm looking at about four to six taps
Got around to taking some photo's the other day. It's my first post so here goes.
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Take off of a few ideas on the forum and something I saw on the web.
The bar top has a durable finish, built up at the edge with timber to
accomodate plain old Ali angle banding. The top is fixed to the freezer lid
with ali angle and the font is screwed tight to the top with a hole cut big enough
in the freezer lid to allow access.
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Can fit 3 kegs and the gas bottle -no collar required (F&P 210ltr freezer I think?)
The internal light has been removed and the recess houses the computer fan.
The power for the fan is a mobile phone charger pack and the cable has been pulled
through the insulation in the lid. No messy wires or fan in the way. Fan still works a
treat and cycles when the fridgemate kicks in. The font pump I turn on manually (wall switch nearby)
before a jug pour to reduce foaming and turn off when the pours finished.
This way I find I dont have to worry too much about water recovery temps/ font as a heat sink etc.
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Fridgemate out of spills way.
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The base the freezer sits on. Made from bent exhaust pipe, welded gussets and trolley wheels
(two fixed and two rotate) help make moving freezer away from the wall easier and steering from one
place to another. Surprisingly strong and hasn't twisted out of shape, courtesy of the local exhaust shop.
Cheers to all those posts documenting members trials and tribulations for us newbies. It's testament to good old Aussie ingenuity & spirit to spread the good word.
Vass
Just wondering why you have joiners in the beer line so close to the end?
Thanks Bonj
The flow is downward and it seems to draw from the the side of the light shroud that is cut away. The recess is also concave in shape. Despite it being restricted it seems to do the job. I guess we are not talking thousands of litres of air. It's been up and running since Aug last year and haven't done the fan or transformer yet.
Hope the photos shows?
Vass
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Just about finished my chest freezer conversion.
I have two 3 way gas manifolds, one for carbonating and one for dispensing.
Need to fit a fan (perhaps) and get the flooding for the font working.
Christening will happen over the next couple of days
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