Re: Doc's keg cleaner

Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:50 am

Yet another keg cleaner:
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Sorry I don't have it documented but I will. It's based on Doc's design but with more PVC than copper and has a platform for the keg to sit on. The pump is the Little Giant 1/6 hp 5MSP. Best prices are on ebay. The basic construction is a riser built out of PVC fittings coming off the pump output. A platform made from a cutting board sits on top of the riser in the front and on two nylon spacers in the back (the handle is removed and the screws are reused.)

PBW is circulated through the center main spray pipe and both the beer-out and the gas-in posts and dip tubes. The whole thing sits in a 4 gallon bucket with 1 gallon of hot PBW. It also cleans brew pots, carboys, chest freezers, beer lines, and glass cylindrical smoking devices (so I'm told :wink: ).

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Re: Doc's keg cleaner

Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:04 pm

Nice bong cleaner, Tasty. I'll have to try that for my ...uh... friend's device.


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Re: Doc's keg cleaner

Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:52 pm

Based on the details here and the podcasts I've posted some instructions to build the keg washer on my site.

http://www.slobrewer.com/howto/kegcarboy-washer/

Hope that's helpful.

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Re: Doc's keg cleaner

Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:53 am

slobrewer wrote:Based on the details here and the podcasts I've posted some instructions to build the keg washer on my site.

http://www.slobrewer.com/howto/kegcarboy-washer/

Hope that's helpful.

Dave.


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Re: Doc's keg cleaner

Fri Aug 29, 2008 4:03 pm

Thanks Dave, and nice job.

This may be a flaw in my design but make sure that the cleaning solution is actually making it up the beer-out dip tube. The short tube on the gas-in side offers so much less resistance that, at least in my implementation, I had to put a 1 inch piece of 1/4 inch OD tubing inside the 1/4 inch ID tubing on the gas side for more resistance.

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Re: Doc's keg cleaner

Tue Sep 16, 2008 9:22 pm

slobrewer wrote:Based on the details here and the podcasts I've posted some instructions to build the keg washer on my site.

http://www.slobrewer.com/howto/kegcarboy-washer/

Hope that's helpful.

Dave.


SWEET! Looks like a good one for the beer gadget page.
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