I am in the beer business so I can help you out a bit. First point - it's not worth the effort. Too messy and complicated for not much gain. The keg needs to be cold or you will end up with a foaming problem using a basic draught system. You can ice it but that water will need to drain and re-icing is a pain. Refrigerating a coil is beyond my expertise, cool if you could do it. Driving with a partially full keg will cause foaming issues, again with a basic draught system. You can spend money on a system that will help with that but it will take more space...and money. Wow that all sounds pretty negative. I can help trouble shoot if you do decide to take a crack at it. Jason Toronto
> On Feb 14, 2014, at 12:56 PM, Tom Carchrae <tom@CARCHRAE.NET> wrote: > > So I have ended up with a small (5lb) CO2 canister. It seems it would be > pretty easy to install in the van. A 20L keg is pretty compact and would > fit nicely at the back of the 'wardrobe'. > > This seems like a practical way to carry an adequate supply of beer. > However, how would I chill it? Has anyone looked at ice bucket immersion > chillers, series of peltier coolers ($3 a pop on ebay), or any other things > that might make sense for a tight space. Perhaps a copper line wrapped > around the fridge cooling elements? Doubtful I think. I had previously > dreamed about using heat from the engine coolant to drive the westy fridge, > but that started to get way too far out. > > Or just stuff it and enjoy it english style (aka warm). > > Just dreaming of other work to do on the van while I slowly reassemble the > engine. > > Tom > > ps, if you recall the off-with-her-heads thread, I out-with-her-engine, and > then off-with-her-pistons, and now I am making good progress putting it > back together. doing it with the engine the van was hell, glad to be on > the 'other side' of vw owners now. |
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