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READER PROJECT: KEG LINE CLEANER
BILL STAATS • GILBERT, ARIZONA
made an inexpensive and easy to
use kegerator beer line cleaner for
home use that anyone can make for
their own systems at home.
All components are shown separately in the picture on the bottom
left to avoid any confusion about the
assembly order. The 2-gallon (8 L)
plastic paint pail at the left of that
picture was chosen because it fits
perfectly under the faucet when sitting
on top of the kegerator. The pump at
the right of that picture is an evaporative cooler pump. The fittings from
left to right in front are a Cornelius
liquid post (19⁄32-18), a 1⁄4-inch MPT
(male flare thread) x 19⁄32-inch Cornelius
plug adapter, a 1⁄2-inch MIP (male iron
pipe) x 1⁄4-inch FIP (female iron pipe)
bushing, a 1⁄2-inch ID (inside diameter)
x 1⁄2-inch FIP barbed tube adapter, a
41⁄2-inch (11-cm) piece of 1⁄2-inch ID
tubing, and two hose clamps. The
1
⁄4-inch MPT x 19⁄32-inch Cornelius plug
adapter was purchased from a homebrew retailer and the rest of these
pieces I bought at Home Depot, but
can be found at any hardware store.
All together the components to build
my keg cleaner cost me under $40.
The picture on the bottom right
of this page shows the pump fully
assembled. The top picture shows
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the cleaner in operation. To use the
cleaner, put your desired warm cleaning or sanitizing solution into the
bucket, drop in the pump, place the
bucket under the beer tap, connect the
liquid tap line to the Cornelius post
connected to the discharge side of the
pump, open the beer tap and plug in
the pump.
The pump recirculates the solution
via the keg wet connection through
the beer line and tap and back into the
bucket. Run as long as needed. All wet
connections are below the lip of the
bucket so if anything does leak, there
will be no mess. Enjoy!