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Flake:
PBW -
Great website for all things draft beer. http://www.micromatic.com/Forum/us-en/ Its the BYOAC forum of beer from what I can tell.
pinballwizard79:
LMFAO @ Orion's belt!!!! That makes me want to get a wax replica of Carl Sagan instead of the stormtrooper
Flake I read some posts by a keg mod dude from the forum you linked me, he almost makes me think everything other than commercial will require mods: http://stlhops.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=934
Does your true have a cooled tower or is it fine as is?
EDIT: check this guy's mod out, non mechanical: http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/pvc-tower-cooling-solution-43072/
LLUncoolJ:
Funny sh!t ... PBJ's cat?
http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/category/photos/awkward-hall-of-fame/page/1/
Flake:
From what I've read ALL non-commercial units need some sort of tower cooler mod to reduce the massive amount of foaming you would get for the first pour or two. These are not hard mods to do and like I said in a few previous posts if you wanted to be real lazy a guy sells the kit on Ebay. I was just about the purchase a Dual tap Summit unit when I started reading more and more about people recommending looking on CL for a used commercial unit.
Commercial units have two advantages: 1) they all have a built in tower cooler already (mine has one) 2) they also circulate the air inside the unit better than a non-commercial unit. They have a builit in fan that continuously cirulates the air. Residential units cool the keg using whats called a cold plate. Basically what I think happens is the cold plate is what gets cold and this cools down the entire inside of the unit (along with the keg). The thing is they dont have anything circulating the air either so the cool air from the cold plate just sinks to the bottom. Now the keg gets cold but the air on the bottom is colder than the air on the top without circulation potentially causing a "warm spot" in the beer line and thus creating foam. The one other thing with a residential unit is they are wildly inconsistent with in being able to cool down to 38 degrees or below (wouldnt recommend below 35).
The only disadvantage (and its not one to take lightly) is that commercial units are noisy. I find when I'm watching TV downstairs that depending on what show I'm watching and what channels its on I have to adjust volume accordingly when the kegerator cycles on. Its not noticeable other than when you are downstairs by yourself watching TV. Thats the only time it bugs me. When you have company over and there is other ambient noise you wont notice the kegerator at all.
Personally if I were you I would buy this http://stlouis.craigslist.org/bfs/1738869640.html but not for his asking price. I would offer $500 and go from there. This is exactly the same one I have but this one looks newer and not as beatup as mine. I have about $800 in mine but thats after buying a new dual tap tower, keg couplers, lines, CO2 tank, cleaning kit, faucet wrench....etc.
pinballwizard79:
I think we have a winner: http://www.beveragefactory.com/draftbeer/kegerators/dualkegerator/kegmaster_two_faucet_kegerator.html
$1374.05 :'(
Delivered + dual tower, dual regulator upgrade, 2 couplings, a 5lb tank & the deluxe cleaning kit (only 4oz cleaner tho). Standard is the steel top, steel tray with drain, steel interior & 2 fans (1 for the tower & 1 for the interior) as well.
Its no True brand or Bev-Air but it seems good....cant find any info tho, do you have jedi knowledge of it?