beer pipe length

[arthurbear]

Hi To All

I now have myself a nice three corni setup with a brass bar tap with four taps,I have just forced carbonated my first corni with bitter in it,It seems ok just a little gassy,it foams quite abit unless the psi is at around 4 - 5.I have read elsewhere on the net that some people have 4ft pipe from corni to tap as this helps foaming????
My pipe from my corni to the beer tap is only around 1ft ( as my cornis set directly under my bar)

Any advice would be great.Thanks

 

[jamesb]

What size beer line do you have?

Basically, you need to drop the pressure between the cornie and the tap to about 1psi. 3/16" beer line has a resistance of about 2psi per foot, so assuming that your cornie is at 10psi, you'd want 4.5 feet. If you've got 3/8" line, then you'll need to quadruple that.

 

[arthurbear]

Thanks Jamesb,the line thats 12 inch from corni is 3/8 then it connects to the bar pipe by a reducer which is 3/16 for say another 24inch.

So were looking at 12 inch at 3/8 and 24inch at 3/16.

Thanks