Christmas came early....

[Frank&Rita]

I have been buying components on EBay to build a kegerator, I was at work telling someone about it and he said he had one for sale from a friend of his. Turned out to be a True TDD-3 when I saw the True name and the fact he wanted $400 for it I told the Lovely Rita I would like it for Christmas (she was going to buy me a new chest freezer to convert). I cleaned it and plugged it in today and it works, in fact it was 25 degrees after 1 hour. I checked the serial number on line and it's 4 1/2 years old. I still have a ways to go for kegged beer, need to re-hose everything, it was sitting unused for 2 years. It looks like it will hold at least 10 corny's. Right now it's still in my truck, got to get a plan to move it into the house as it weighs 350lbs. I've got 10 corny's, think it's time to start filling them, going to start 2 batches of Chocolate Stout this week.

Edited by: Frank&Rita

 

[Frank&Rita]

 

[Wade E]

That looks pretty serious You 2. If you keep it outside then there si no need to plug it in up there!

 

[Dean]

Spray some bleach on the inside, wait 2 days, rinse out with a hose, and purchase at least 20 feet of 1/4 ID braided hose, maybe more. Take each tap, and bleach that well too. If any parts are sticking, buy replacements for those parts.

Once a month, take the kegs out and mist a 20% bleach solutions inside the unit and wipe down. Then hook everything back up and enjoy. Clean the lines out every 2nd keg change. Get one or two 20lb tanks of CO2 and 1 tank of 80% Nitrogen and 20% Co2 for stouts (beer gas). Very nice setup! I paid $160 for my BevAirII single tap!

 

[grapeman]

It looks like you can start your own bar there now Frank! Nice find.

 

[rgecaprock]

Wow Frank,


A big shiny new toy!!!!

 

[moto-girl]

Its beautiful!

 

[Frank&Rita]

I made a set of rollers for the kegerator, work real well easy to push around.

 

[Frank&Rita]

It's in the house, kinda obtrussive I have to admit...lol

 

[NorthernWinos]

Years ago a friend gave us a bar with a tapper....We put it in our family room....He told us..... "It's dangerous and you'll be sorry"...He was real happy to get rid of it....He said his brother and cousins would show up after games and after the bars closed.

At the time another friend was building us a sauna in our basement, free labor for users rights....Many times we come home and find him passed out in our family room....He'd say" It was too hot to work outside today so I came to work on the sauna in the cool basement"

Later we drank a few kegs by ourselves....We'd go downstairs with a pitcher, drink one beer while the pitcher filled....Then we were thinking it was too far away to go all the way downstairs to get beer.....

We got rid of it too...Be careful!!!!

 

[AAASTINKIE]

Right now I'm waiting for a new thermostat to arrive, it goes to 22 degrees and stays there. Also waiting for my cleaning kit and new hoses and tap handles and well you know$$$

 

[Wade E]

Why are you back on AAA?

 

[Frank&Rita]

I dunno, it was how I logged in!!

 

[grapeman]

He had to empty all the kegs in that kegerator setup and didn't remember he was part of the Frank and Rita Team now! Better rein him in there Rita! Before you know it he will be laying there with two or three of those hoses in his mouth at once!

 

[Frank&Rita]

Kegged my first kegs today, a Root Beer and a Chocolate Stout.

 

[Frank&Rita]

I'm hooked up in the wine cellar for now, need to let things age and get carbonated.

 

[Frank&Rita]

The kegger is set to go now, just have it off due to POWER CONSUMPTION, this baby is 8.5 amps... They say it won't run so much when I get some kegs in there, so I'm carbing the kegs in the wine room where it's cold now anyways.

 

[Frank&Rita]

 

[Frank&Rita]

 

[Wade E]

Thats 1 heck of a set-up and would not fly with my wife!