build a kegerator

i want one too to be able to have that shit with out opening up the fridge…..that would be tooo awesome

I just added a kegerator to my basement bar

more pics of the beer tap and kegerator and how i did it here

so far, it is awesome.
nothing tastes better than a beer out of your own wall.

and once you get all the parts, it takes about an hour to put together.

well worth building one of these if you have alittle time and a keg ready you will never have to worry about stainding in lines just for that six pack again

How long will all of this building take me and how much are supplies??

This is a totally cool project – I just finished mine on Friday, got the keg that night, and… well, after that I don’t remember too much! Totally a budget way of having a party and drinking beer. Average cost is probably half of a can or bottle, even if you buy the cheap nasty beer (ahem Coors, Bud ahem). Steps:

1) Buy an old fridge – preferably something that won’t completely annihalate the ozone. I got mine at a yard sale.
2) Buy kit (Tor wrote out the components below – regulator, CO2 tank, lines, cleaning stuff, coupler, etc). I got mine online but I was told you can buy locally as well.
3) Make the kegerator – this is the only tricky part. There’s some decent instruction online, ie Wikipedia instructions or this kegerator instructional video
4) You’ll need some good tools – go to Home Depot etc and make sure you have a quality drill bit.
5) Enjoy the cold draft beer!! If you need help with your project just reply, I am the kegerator master now :) :)

(Pic is of my kegerator right after construction)

I designed one my freshman year at Western Illinois University and built it from parts bought online. Hidden in my dorm room closet on the 16th floor of Thompson Hall, she was later christened “Amber” by my floormates to avoid suspicion from the RA.

If I can make one in a dorm room using spare parts, an old fridge, and a Dremmel, believe me, you can too and it’s totally f###in’ worth it.

I got the needed supplies to finish the door, and finally got to a vice to crack the nuts on one of the regulators. They’ll soon be inline…

I’ll take pics of my ghetto kegerator that’s getting me by…

If you are going to build your own kegerator- which is possibly the most important thing a man-or woman- can do, and want help just e-mail me.
I built mine last year and have answers to all the questions you could dream up. I’ve put together an info sheet and have how-to photos. mflemming@comcast.net

I need to contact Danby to make sure I can drill through the top without killing myself. I’m 99% positive the cooling element is only in the freezer tray, which I’ve taken care of, but need to double check.

It all started with me wanting to buy one of these from my local homebrew store.

It’s frustrating when the people who sell who something act as if they know what’s up, but really don’t. I get all my stuff and I realize I have an extra regulator. The guy who sold me my regulators said they didn’t have any double-regulators and I would have to ‘T’ off my original to two different ones to dispense at different pressures. Nope. I just need an adapter to put the highpressure line on both inline, so they sit side by side. You see, the pic above is just two regulators screwed together with an adapter. Nothing fancy. Grrrr.

Note to self: When buying things in a new area, you can’t do too much reasearch. Trusting a clerk/salesman can only lead to an error or you getting screwed, which costs you money.

Anybody wanna buy an inline regulator? I’ll help with all the directions on getting the right setup and everything.