ball lock vs. pin lock---I know, stupid question

[mattcrill]

How do I know if the keg I have is ball or pin lock?

[Henning1966]

Ok matt I will give you some illustrations with help from more beer. Ok here is a picture of a ball lock post http://morebeer.com/images/thumb/phpThu ... far=C&fltr[]=wmi|../../themes/morewinepro/images/thumbnail_watermark.png|C|15
and here is a link to a pin lock post
http://morebeer.com/images/thumb/phpThu ... far=C&fltr[]=wmi|../../themes/morewinepro/images/thumbnail_watermark.png|C|15
Hope this helps out.

[BDawg]

Pin lock posts have little steel pins sticking out the side to hold the connectors on. Ball lock use a spring loaded ball bearing mechanism to hold them on.

Scroll down to "body connect" parts (hehe)
here

HTH-

[mattcrill]

Gotcha...I guess I have a ball lock...I didn't understand which one was which....

[BDawg]

Sorry to re-answer the question. Henning submitted his answer while I was typing mine in.

[Crut]

thats why i like my pin locks, they may be a little taller connector, but it is impossible to hook them up bass akwards.

[Mr. Big]

Easy way to tell the gas in from the beer out on ball lock. the gas in will have nicks in the nut at the bottom of the in piece. This is not the case on the beer out side.