Beverage Jumper Line - Ball Lock Quick Disconnect (QD)
Description
Push product or sanitizer from one keg to the next. Two black, beverage quick disconnects with flare fittings attached via a one foot piece of beverage line.
Confused about this thing. if I hook it up to 2 kegs while they are still closed won't it just equalize pressure and stop? wouldn't this need a gas line ball lock as one end?
BEST ANSWER:All you need to do is attach a valve to a ball lock on the gas side of the cony and vent the pressure slowly as the tank fills. Works very well. I always have the tank I am emptying hooked up to a Co2 tank with the pressure set around 10 - 15 psi. I let the new tank fill until the liquid stops flowing then I open the valve on the gas side of the filling tank and start venting slowly, when this happens the liquid will start flowing again. if you have your empty tank on a scale you will see when it is full without having to lift it.
BEST ANSWER:All you need to do is attach a valve to a ball lock on the gas side of the cony and vent the pressure slowly as the tank fills. Works very well. I always have the tank I am emptying hooked up to a Co2 tank with the pressure set around 10 - 15 psi. I let the new tank fill until the liquid stops flowing then I open the valve on the gas side of the filling tank and start venting slowly, when this happens the liquid will start flowing again. if you have your empty tank on a scale you will see when it is full without having to lift it.
You are half way there with your thinking. You have to maintain a pressure difference between the kegs. To do that, simply open the release valve on the “receiving” keg and add some gas to the “pushing” keg. Low pressures are best, and I open and close the release valve at intervals.
You are correct. The beer transfer will stop when pressure in the kegs equalizes. To allow pressure in the receiving keg to remain lower than the pressure in the transmitting keg, you can use a Spunding valve set to in lower pressure than the Co2 pressure feeding into sending keg.
No, it is used to transfer from one keg to another. The gas connection is on the full keg and you connect out to out using the diptube in the empty keg to migrate turbulance. I purge the empty keg with co2 and leave the lid off until full. Use 3/4 lbs pressure and fill slowly.
You use this to transfer from liquid post to liquid post. You hook up gas to the full keg, the use this to go from the liquid post on the full keg to the liquid post on an empty keg. Pop the PRV on the empty, and it will transfer over without exposing the liquid to the air.
So the description saying that you can "dixie" chain kegs together, assuming they meant daisy chain but even that wouldn't work, that would only work it if was liquid line to gas line.
If you are trying to transfer from one keg to another, first pressure up the source keg by connect gas line from CO2 tank. Then use the this hose by attaching it to the donor keg. Occasionally burp the donor keg safety valve to keep a dP on the kegs.
If you only hook up this jumper then, yes, it will just equalize. I use this to move cleaning solution from One keg to another. Hook a gas line up to the full keg and leave the top off of the second keg.
BEST ANSWER:The line itself seems to be just a bit thicker than regular picnic tap line, but the fittings on the ends are the same as the liquid out end of a ball lock picnic tap. 1/4" line should work fine with the fittings that come with it.
BEST ANSWER:The line itself seems to be just a bit thicker than regular picnic tap line, but the fittings on the ends are the same as the liquid out end of a ball lock picnic tap. 1/4" line should work fine with the fittings that come with it.
I wanted to go between a Fermenter to a keg. This line is too damn short. It may be 7-8 inches tops. That includes the fittings. From this fermenter https://www.morebeer.com/products/kegmenter-fermentation-keg-76-gal.html, it is worthless as purchased.
Worked perfectly to transfer from my secondary keg to the serving keg. I started slow (3psi) but got impatient and turned it up to 7 psi for a faster transfer. Easy to use, easy to clean and an excellent way to prevent oxygenation of my beer.
This will work fine if going from a corny keg to another corny keg. If you are wanting to go from a fermentasaurs to corny keg you’ll find it’s too short.
I recently started fermenting in 5G Corney kegs and this is great for transferring from primary to the serving keg. I like the short tube so not as much beer is left in the line. I also have a longer set-up for transferring from one chest freezer to another. They each have their place. This one is great because it has the couplings so cleanup and sanitizing is simple.
Cheaper ball lock connectors than I am used to using. Has a plastic pin to push down poppit valve. Seems to restrict flow a bit more than the other connectors I am using. However that being said it dows what is says. For the price it needs to have better connectors.
I enjoy using this especially when I have the same size corny kegs. Makes transferring beer a snap. I really enjoy this product since I am transferring all the time. I like to hook up multiple kegs together and run cleaner through them.
This number line does the job, good for running beer between kegs. I use it mainly to offload 5 gal corny to 2.5 gal corny. The only complaint I have (thereby missing the 5 star, is that the tube could be just slightly longer so that I can go from 5 gal to 2.5 gal keg.
too short, and it leaks at both ends. used it for the first time and have not tried it since tightening connections, but they seemed pretty snug to start with. plus, to me the biggest drawback is how do you clean this thing? if you had two empty kegs you could run sanitizer through it, but how many times do you have two empty kegs lying around?
The jumper is pretty short, and sometime this is a good thing, but I usually find my self just attaching a longer hose for most transfers.
As someone else mentioned, the shorter length does make it harder to use with different height size kegs. I also prefer a longer hose when transferring from a keg that is in a refrigerator and I don't want to lift it and disturb anything that has settled out.
Could be slightly longer to support transfer from 5G to 2.5G kegs without holding the keg the whole time. Great value if already needing to pick up a set of flare ball lock fittings.
I agree with the other review about adding a foot to the length to make it more versatile. It really does make transferring from my 5 gallon when it I'd running low to my 2.5 corny a breeze. Good to sanitize multiple kegs at once
I use this for transferring beer from a 5 gal keg to a 2.5 gal keg and for transferring sanitizer between kegs. Since the 2.5 gal keg is shorter, the jumper line is too short and I had to place the shorter keg on a stool. I have since replaced the tubing with a 3 foot section. This product would be much more versatile (at a negligibly higher cost) if the line was a foot longer.
This jumper line is useful for closed transfers of beer between kegs. The flare fitting on the quick disconnects make it easy to clean out the line when done.
I have also used this to fill 2 liter bottles with carbonator caps. Simply squeeze all of the air out of the 2 liter bottle and screw on the carbonator cap. Replace one of the black quick disconnects on the jumper line with a grey (gas) disconnect. Attach black disconnect to keg, grey to carbonator cap, and fill the bottle!
This makes transferring cleaners or sanitizers a breeze from one keg to the next. Very handy for "chaining" kegs together when cleaning numerous kegs. Also, great that it runs through both beverage out tubes to thoroughly clean the keg.