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finally got my stand up freezer
I was actually suprised at how easy it was, and when you bend it, it will stay in place. You do need to cut the shelf wires between the coils, because you need to bend this like 3 individual coils, not one big one. Any stress on those solders will probably snap the coils making a little hole. I just bent them back slowly, didn't use a pipe to bend the coil on, it will bend in a nice curve up and out of the way.
Now obviously, wait until it's warm, but this is somthing you can do yourself no problem. I would reccomend using bolt cutters, I got a pair of 14 inch bolt cutters from home depot for 15 bucks. anything else, doesn't have the leverage, and this will quickly become a choir with a pair of wire snips.
I don't know why people have been staying away from stand up freezers with coils for so long, they have the room, they are everywhere, and they can fit in a kitchen where the chest freezers would look out of place.
Ok, I folded up the middle shelf to give me more room at the top, I still have a bottom shelf to keep a few cases of beer in, or some yeast. I took out the insert for the door that has compartments to give me some negative room in the door. I used some 3m adhesive spray, and a sheet of insulation, and stuck in on the door. I then used this product called great stuff that's sprayable insulation that expands, and filled up all the nooks and cranny's in the door. I then trimmed all of the expanded insulation, and covered over it with foil tape. The back of the insulation was foil also, so the inside of the door looks like 1 big sheet of reflective insulation.
I also pulled off the exterior handle, filled the holes with metal putty, and sanded them down. Gives it a nice look. in the process now of drilling the 5 faucet holes, then giving the whole front door a sanding, and painting with epoxy appliance paint. With any luck I should be up an running by the end of the week, i'll post some pictures when it's done.
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/app/2133109815.html
Here is some inspiration for the paint job.
The hawks one is bad ass!
Ha ha, it won't be anything that fancy, i'm actually going to make it blend into the kitchen as much as possible. The freezer is in an out of the way nook, but you have to keep the wife happy, as she pouts and frowns about having it in the kitchen in the first place.
Well, here it is. the holes are drilled for 5 taps, but I only have 2 now. Good thing since I only have 2 kegs. This was a long time comming, finally got it up and running. As you can see, I have no CO2 bottle yet, but I have the co2 charger, and that will do until I find a gas place near me. I asked the guy at home depot, he thinks a place in Peabody refills CO2. Good thing as I don't want to go to cambridge for exchanges all the time.
So, a stand up freezer can be made into a kegerator.. Who would have known. Also the tap handles need a spacer, they are to close to the fridge, so, gotta go with the black handles until then.
I would definitely recommend keeping the co2 tank outside the cooling chamber. You'll have a longer lasting tank that way. Just drill a hole in the side of the unit and feed in the CO2 tubing. Then fill in with that foam insulation that comes in a spray bottle. Lookin' good! Cheers!
bruguru, are you looking for one of these? Bonnet Angler from MoreBeer.
I had the same problem when I built my standup kegorator years ago. This little angler changes the angle of the tap handle for taller handles on a fridge. Its not cheap per se, but its an great fix for the problem.
yes, that's what I need. it will work out. Taps work great, and I have the thermostat set at 38 f
It does look good bro! I am glad you did that with the inside of the door panel. That is going to give you a LOT more room once you start filling it up. How deep is the chamber? If it is 15.5" then you could run 1 line with a sankey coupler and always have a commercial on draft too, while you rotate through your cornies.
Thanks Man, it's pretty deep inside, enough for 2 5gals side by side with some room to spare. The door part just came to me, as I was trying to figure out how to insulate it (and I did need to take the inside part of the door off, the fiberglass was moldy, and smelled like ass.). I don't know if it's the freezer coils, or the insulation, but this thing cycles on like once and hour, and only for 15 minutes, then shuts off again. I got this set at 38, but I don't think I'll notice the cost to much on the electric bill like my wife was talking about. (bitching about, Ha ha).
Thanks for the help Thirsty, really had to work up the nerve to drill the holes, but once I did one, it was very liberating,
Well after all my wife's complaining about the possible increase of the electric bill because of the big as kegerator in the kitchen, this months bill was actually 15 dollars cheaper, Ha ha ha ha ha ha.
You cherish the small victories in a marriage. After all it is a life long contest. He who dies first wins.
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