Keg opening question

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Keg opening question

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Hey guys I have a question with regards to a keg With a 1 1/2 " sanitary flange on it . If my column is 3" should the hole exiting the boiler be 3" as well or will the 1 1/2 be fine. I assume that vapours will rise and take the path or least resistance and all. However I am curious and would like some feedback.

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I stayed with 1 1/2" for a pot with thumper . Working great for me for 4 years . What's your reason for wanting to go larger ?
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It will work fine. The vapor speed will be faster at the opening, but will slow down once you get to the larger diameter. I run 4" on a 2" all the time.
To do it again I would go 6" for easier cleaning since my arm is too fat to fit through a 4".
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Hey Truckingbutch

My reason for asking is to find out if it will work as I was going to cut a 6" hole and put a sanitary tri clamp with a reducer to 3" and then another try clamp to my column. This is for cleaning and I just was not sure if by not making the exit from the keg larger, at least the same size as my column I would be restricting the vapour path too much. But from further reading this is not a concern for cleaning.

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workpress wrote:Hey Truckingbutch

My reason for asking is to find out if it will work as I was going to cut a 6" hole and put a sanitary tri clamp with a reducer to 3" and then another try clamp to my column. This is for cleaning and I just was not sure if by not making the exit from the keg larger, at least the same size as my column I would be restricting the vapour path too much. But from further reading this is not a concern for cleaning.

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Gotcha :thumbup: I was concerned about extra labor and material on your part . Know the direction you are heading in now . Makes sense .
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If it was my keg, I'd flip it and use the 1.1/2 as a drain and then weld on a 3" ferrule for thecolumn and a 4" fillport, or 6" to 3" reducer as you said, the benifit with the 3" and 4" setup is that you can leave the column on as you fill the keg up.
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i have a 6" and reduce down to 4" makes it super easy to clean and my times are usually under 5 hours for 14 gallons. ill include a pic
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nuntius01, that's a helluva water system you got there. But the placement of the ports on the liebig turned your 3 foot condenser into a 1 foot condenser. Move them out to the ends and it will be much more efficient.
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looks that way. but i soldered in s separator flange along the length of the 1". so flow goes down then back up and around, gives me 2 feet of with flow condensing and 3 feet of counter flow condensing.
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