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kelper

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Arrived today, so here are a few photos. The beer line is 3/8" OD. The JG Speedfit couplings were 10mm x 10mm and 10mm x 12mm. The 12mm one is designed to go onto a spigot of that size or the Vinotap adapter which fits beer-in-a-bag boxes.

My KingKeg has a Waddingtons & Duval tap on it which probably would take a 1/2" hose. I drilled its bore out to 10mm and inserted a short length of 10mm stainless-steel tubing. So to attach the beer line I needed another 10mm x 10mm coupling which, luckily, I had.


I have not tested it yet. I'm going to do that in the garden with water and compressed air.
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I have carried out the test and the pump works brilliantly. But my keg tap leaks where the s/s tube enters the spigot. I can't tighten the jubilee clip any more. I need another tap connection.
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Nice looking set-up athumb..

Standard jubilee clips don't always tighten evenly on small diameters. You probably need something like the automotive fuel line clips. These are specific sizes rather than universal but clamp much more evenly. Plenty on eBay.
 
Well, the Gardena fittings don't work under a slight vacuum. So I used taps with a barb and a hoseclip. The JG fittings worked a treat. The original KingKeg taps are fine if you heat the tubing a bit. I also used some tubing 12mm ID, 15mm OD.
 
The tubing inside the KigKeg from tap to float is a bit restrictive so I aim to make it a larger bore.
 
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