Snap taps... a cautionary tale...

[NuggetSA]

Snap taps are wonderful things - cheap, easy to clean and easy to use and regulate flow. However...

It's been said on here before but I just thought I'd reiterate a danger of snap taps. If the tap is facing outwards rather than inwards, there is a really good chance the fridge door will push on the tap. I just cleaned up a whole lot of brewing stout from my fridge and floor... a very sticky stout. A really nice bubbly happy brew. Hope someone else can learn from my idiocy.

Going to go and have a cry into my last Guinness from Sunday now :wacko:

 

[Florian]

What's a snap tap?



EDIT: OK, jusst google imaged it. All pictures have the tap facing inward. Why would you turn it around?

 

[NuggetSA]

http://www.bcf.com.au/online-store/products/Snap-Plastic-Tap.aspx?pid=114217#Combo

 

[Black Devil Dog]

Not sure why you had the tap facing the other way, but are you sure it was the fridge door pushing it?

I tried a snap tap on my last brew, it's the last time I'm using one.
They don't seal very well, I had to put a small plastic container under the outlet to catch the drips.
That was after I noticed my brew on the floor of my fridge.

Back to the originals.

 

[NuggetSA]

I'd taken some other stuff out of the fridge earlier and must have knocked it around, otherwise no idea, just was :blink: Definitely the door, it actually hadn't closed fully which is the only reason I still have a couple of litres left as I noticed and went back to check.

Yeah don't think I'll use it again although never had an issue with drips (just a bloody beer tidal-wave...)

Not a serious bitch, just thought it funny in a sad waste of beery way

 

[punkin]

http://www.bcf.com.au/online-store/products/Snap-Plastic-Tap.aspx?pid=114217#Combo

I felt violated when my lhbs charged me $7.40 each for 4 the other day. $9.95 at BCF :blink:

 

[stux]

I like them because I find them much easier to clean. Just unscrew the snap section.

 

[komodo]

EDIT: OK, jusst google imaged it. All pictures have the tap facing inward. Why would you turn it around?

I dont use one for brewing because my bottling tube thingy doesnt fit; BUT I do use them on my water containers when camping and always flick them around the opposite way as they are far easier to opperate by pushing them down with a finger and gives beeter control over flow.

 

[NuggetSA]

I got a box of them from a camping shop closing down a few years ago paid like $1.50 each

When I bottle with them I do turn the tap around for that reason however this one was unintentional...

 

[stux]

I dont use one for brewing because my bottling tube thingy doesnt fit; BUT I do use them on my water containers when camping and always flick them around the opposite way as they are far easier to opperate by pushing them down with a finger and gives beeter control over flow.

The bottling tube doesn't fit, but a "little bottler" is exactly the right size to fit the nozzle. So since I don't bottle I cut a few cm of plastic tube and that goes in the nozzle and then the racking tube can fit over the pipe

 

[treefiddy]

My bottling tube didn't fit either, but it figured it was close enough so I just jam it in there. It does fit

 

[NuggetSA]

My bottling tube didn't fit either, but it figured it was close enough so I just jam it in there. It does fit

...this comment just begs a "that's what she said." But I would never stoop that low.

 

[Cocko]

My bottling tube didn't fit either, but it figured it was close enough so I just jam it in there. It does fit

Thats what she said!!




*I will.

 

[WarmBeer]

...But I would never stoop that low.

That's what she said!

 

[Cocko]

however this one was unintentional...

That's what she said!

 

[stux]

The bottling tube doesn't fit, but a "little bottler" is exactly the right size to fit the nozzle. So since I don't bottle I cut a few cm of plastic tube and that goes in the nozzle and then the racking tube can fit over the pipe

These days I just jam 1/2" silicon hose OVER the snap tap. The flow rate is fantastic

 

[buckerooni]

+1 on the silicone hose with the snap facing inwards. lil bit of a drip but at least they don't twist like the standard bunnings jerrycan spigots which drove me nutty everytime I used them

 

[woodwormm]

These days I just jam 1/2" silicon hose OVER the snap tap. The flow rate is fantastic

but how does She feel about that?

 

[Tahoose]

Well it's only half inch so shouldn't be much complaining at all