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I recently completed a chest freezer kegerator conversion and I wanted to show it off because I'm pretty proud of the way it turned out.

It holds 6 cornies and my 20# CO2 bottle. I'm looking into a stout faucet and nito mix bottle for next fall. Right now I have an APA and a Kolsch on Tap.

I've used my cornies with picnic taps on and off for years. I recently moved to a house where I would be able to have a bar set up so I went right to work on it.

I bought my wife a new deep freeze and used our old one for this. It took 2 months to complete because I only had 5 or 6 hours a week to devote to it but now all that is behind me.





More pictures available in my photobucket account along with some brief explanation of how it works to keep the freezer cool and to chill the taps and shanks.

I got the idea from something similar on another forum a few months ago. As soon as I saw it I had to do that! I had help from a friend with a lot of woodworking skills...

That is absolutely gorgeous. Great job.

Really nice work. I like the air ducting on the base to remove the heat from the skin. Did you reverse the fan, to suck all the heat down and away, or is it just sucking from the ground and blowing up through the cabinet? Is that fan on the same circuit as the compressor?

Did you have to reinforce, replace, or just retention the hinge for the additional weight of the top?


Mylo

Mylo wrote:Really nice work. I like the air ducting on the base to remove the heat from the skin. Did you reverse the fan, to suck all the heat down and away, or is it just sucking from the ground and blowing up through the cabinet? Is that fan on the same circuit as the compressor?

Did you have to reinforce, replace, or just retention the hinge for the additional weight of the top?


Mylo

The fan blows from the floor up and it is on the same circuit. Total draw on the circuit is at compressor start-up and it is just under 8 amps. This includes the circulation fan in the Irish coffin as well. The compressor only draws 6 amps the fan is 1.6 amps (50 CFM), and the 12V computer fan 100ma. The LED lights only draw 300ma.

The hinge attachment to the chest is really good. No reinforcement needed. The door is attached to the hinges with 8 screws. I didn't reinforce it any as when the lid is lifted the weight is transferred to the hinge on the chest not the screws. I did however add posts to the front corners for the weight to sit on so it does not crush the seal.

I am looking at attaching a chain to hold the lid near the balance point when it is open. This would keep it from opening all the way because the weight is on the axis of the hinge if it sits that way and is probably enough to tear the thin metal covering that the hinges are attached too. Should be simple to do.

I hope you never find pictures of my geto-rator.

Truly great stuff. Loving it.

Sweet setup! Where does the drip tray tube go? Also, how did you cut the lid for the tubing?

atomicpunk wrote:Sweet setup! Where does the drip tray tube go? Also, how did you cut the lid for the tubing?

The hole for the Drip tray nipple was drilled with a hole saw. The tubing runs to a 2L pop bottle sitting on the floor of the freezer. The Square holes for the air/beerline duct were cut using a rotary tool with cut-off disks for both the outside metal and the plastic liner inside. I used Duct tape to seal the insulation space in the lid. The plastic sheet reinforcing the inside liner was drilled and I used a jigsaw to cut those squares. The holes through the lid for the anchor bolts were drilled as well.

Click the pictures to see more photos in my photobucket account to see more details.

That's really nice work. Excellent job!