counterpressure filler

[crupp]

Anyone out there have any pictures of an assembled counterpressure filler? I have to be honest…I’ve had this thing for 5 years, and I haven’t used it. Every time I pull it out I get so pissed at the instructions and put it back in the box. I’m mad at myself for not being able to figure this out, I’ve got too many good beers in keg this year to miss out on competitions, so I’m going to make this damn thing work. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Henning1966]

Hey try this video jon did for more beer and see if this helps. http://morebeer.com/learn_vids/vids_cpfiller

[crupp]

Thanks, Henning.
Mine must be a lot older than John's.
OK…I think I figured it out…but I all I can think is that this damn thing came with some extra parts. It came with two “Ts” with about five or six pieces of extra hose. It’s the old school one with a plastic valve. I just can’t help but wondering what the extra pieces are for…and it doesn't look anyting like the one that Chicken Boy is using in his demonstration on the morebeer site.

[Henning1966]

hey is it one of the ones from listermans phil's filler

[crupp]

Yes, Sir!

[Henning1966]

well i have the pdf instructions an a picture of it looks like lets see if we can figure this out what do we have problems with

[crupp]

I'm just more of a picture guy. I couldn't follow the instructions for the life of me. This is what I was reading http://www.listermann.com/PDF/Phils_Counter_Pressure_Philler.pdf.
I get the beer in and gas in stuff. I'm ok with that, but I can’t figure out why in the hell this thing came with the two "ts" and a extra 17, 7, and 2 inch pieces of hose. The picture on the box shows one of the "ts" connecting to the check valve and then reconnecting to the gas in gas in line….it makes absolutely no sense to me. What do you think?

[Henning1966]

I can see the double one for co2 one for the keg and for the two co2 hook ups on the filler. But on the beer side you would think one single line from the keg to the filler should be good. The check valve on theco2 line keeps the bottle pressure in the bottle till you let it out around the stopper.