Weldless bulkhead

[Chris Craig]

Has anybody managed to get the weldless blukhead from Hopdawgs installed in a keggle...or any kettle for that matter?  It seems as if the nipple is so short that there would be no thread left on the inside of the kettle.

[Kyle]

It works well on my aluminum turkey fryer, which is very thin. I think it would work on a keggle, but I've never tried.

[Chris Craig]

Ok.  I'll give it a try.

Next question: How high up should I be mounting this on my keggle?  My plan is to have a stainless braid run the circumference of the keggle into a SS T with 2 SS hose barbs.

I forgot to order a SS elbow, and I'd like to be able to just install the assembly at the bottom of the keg, but I don't know if the valve will get too hot.  Perhaps a heat shied may help.

[chrismccull]

What size and degree elbow do you need?

[Chris Craig]

1/2 inch 45 degree.

[chrismccull]

I'll bring one to the meet.

[DandyMason]

Chris did you get your bulkhead working? Im just putting mine together... Im finding the same thing you mentioned above, the nipple is too short so when I put the hex nut with o-ring on there is no thread left for my hopscreen to grab... Didnt really think about that...

[Chris Craig]

I got mine to work on my keggle.  There definitely wasn't much thread left over, but I had a couple turns. Tighten that hex nut really good, and it'll work.

[DandyMason]

K man thanks. Ill try it out.