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Ball lock keg fittings
« on: August 15, 2011, 08:31:32 PM »
A buddy of mine gave me a spare keg he had which he doesn't use - unfortunately it is a pin-lock - anyone have any ball lock fittings for a keg? Or maybe interested in a trade for a ball lock keg?
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Re: Ball lock keg fittings
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2011, 10:02:51 PM »
This is what I've been told, so it's second hand...
The ball lock connection posts have a different thread to the keg than the pinlocks, therefore to convert you need a special set of ball lock posts which are available at Adventures in Homebrewing...
Here is the firestone set...
http://www.homebrewing.org/Firestone-Keg-Post-Conversion-Kit-pin-lock-to-ball-lock-916-18-Thread_p_2152.html

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Re: Ball lock keg fittings
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2011, 10:57:20 PM »
Thanks for the info John, actually I tried swapping the posts with one of my other kegs (that I picked up on the last keg order) and the posts fit perfectly, so they are interchangable - I'm not sure what type of keg this one is, its a bit shorter and fatter than the corny kegs we have been getting... I didn't really want to buy new posts if we can still get kegs for the price we have been getting - posts almost as much as a new keg...

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