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Offline DandyMason

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Jockey Box
« on: January 28, 2013, 09:28:08 AM »
Im thinking of putting a jockey box together.. Trying to piece one together for somewhat cheap.

Anyone have any experience with these? Any sources for stainless steel coil? Tips?
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Re: Jockey Box
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2013, 09:32:06 AM »
I have two chrome taps.

I'll see if I can find some SS tubing.
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Re: Jockey Box
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2013, 09:37:27 AM »
Look outside. Biggest damn jockey box I ever saw.

Only thing I know (more useless information) is that it's tricker to get a cooler in the winter.
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Re: Jockey Box
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2013, 10:39:28 AM »
hahaha yes true... Its going to be for the patio this summer though, a birthday gift for my dad.

So far this is the best deal ive seen on stainless steel...

http://www.nybrewsupply.com/stainless-s ... -coil.html

Thanks Chris, let me know if you find anythign!
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Re: Jockey Box
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2013, 10:54:07 AM »
Check with Fhilo.  He works for Eddy Group.  He may be able to get you a deal.
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Re: Jockey Box
« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2013, 10:43:30 AM »
Went with a kit...

http://www.beveragefactory.com/draftbee ... uild.shtml

Including tax and shipping... quite pricey... Hope it works well.
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Re: Jockey Box
« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2013, 11:18:31 AM »
Awesome!
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Re: Jockey Box
« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2013, 01:49:17 PM »
lol, with the ID and length of that hose you'll have half a pint of beer in the coil. Not necessarily a bad thing, I guess.
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Re: Jockey Box
« Reply #8 on: January 30, 2013, 03:55:18 PM »
Thats exactly right, one of the things I read about... this is from homebrewtalk...

125' of 1/4" SS line is about 163.26 ounces of beer on ice at any given time, or 13 12oz beers.
50' of 1/4" SS line is about 65.3 ounces of beer on ice at any given time, or 5.4 12oz beers.
25' of 1/4" SS line is about 58.93 ounces of beer on ice at any given time, or 2.72 12oz beers.

Not sure if the numbers are accurate but yeah the coil itself holds a lot of beer. Im gonna have to do some experimenting to get the beer pouring good!
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Re: Jockey Box
« Reply #9 on: January 30, 2013, 08:52:46 PM »
My math earlier was wrong (I forgot pi... derp):

5/16ths ID = 0.79375 cm

cross section = pi * r^2 = pi * 0.396875^2 = pi * 0.15750976562 = ~0.5cm^2
50ft length in cm: 1524cm

0.5cm^2 * 1524cm = 762ml... so just about 26 us fluid oz, or just over two 12oz cans just sitting in the line :P

... which conflicts with the HBT numbers because hell, this is the internet. At least I showed my working  :chug:
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Re: Jockey Box
« Reply #10 on: January 30, 2013, 09:01:00 PM »
hahaha yeah ill go with your math... 5-12 oz beers now that i think of it sounds like wayyyy too much
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Re: Jockey Box
« Reply #11 on: January 31, 2013, 06:40:03 AM »
Quote from: "Richard"
My math earlier was wrong (I forgot pi... derp):

5/16ths ID = 0.79375 cm

cross section = pi * r^2 = pi * 0.396875^2 = pi * 0.15750976562 = ~0.5cm^2
50ft length in cm: 1524cm

0.5cm^2 * 1524cm = 762ml... so just about 26 us fluid oz, or just over two 12oz cans just sitting in the line :P

... which conflicts with the HBT numbers because hell, this is the internet. At least I showed my working  :chug:


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Re: Jockey Box
« Reply #12 on: January 31, 2013, 06:41:38 AM »
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hahaha yeah ill go with your math... 5-12 oz beers now that i think of it sounds like wayyyy too much


Why do you say that? The way I see it is if you're using a jockey box, then you're going trough a lot of beer at one time.  What's 3 pints at the end?
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Re: Jockey Box
« Reply #13 on: January 31, 2013, 07:41:03 AM »
No i know, I just meant 5-12 oz beers seems like way too much beer to be in the SS coil at one time, which means the homebrewtalk numbers seem wrong.
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Re: Jockey Box
« Reply #14 on: January 31, 2013, 07:45:32 AM »
I dont mind either way, the more beer in the SS coil means the colder each beer is served
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