keg tap

[googe]

Hey all, I want to put a tap in the base of my keg, is there such a thing as a connection I can put in without welding it?. Like it seals inside when I tighten it outside. Thanks for any help

[crow]

If its for a boiler well suit ya self but I wouldn't' . Yes there is just like a lot of galvanized iron tanks are done with seals and a nut on the inside but ya don't boil ya water tank eh ;-)

[Rumdrinker]

Before I got my tig I used a stainless nipple fitting with stainless nuts for the drain. Only seal used was PTFE tape & a bit of silicone & no leaks in 18 months of use.

[Fatherjack]

Maybe this is where the copper washer could work on the ss nipple & nut idea, its a fitting that you can apply enough torque to, that would cause an annealed copper washer to seal??

[punchy21]

Is it for the underside? If so search for '1/2" skin fitting' on eBay, just have to check it will fit through keg opening. Could be a PITA trying to get it through the hole you drilled...

[Rumdrinker]

Is it for the underside? If so search for '1/2" skin fitting' on eBay, just have to check it will fit through keg opening. Could be a PITA trying to get it through the hole you drilled...

The stainless skin fitting is the go if you can't get a fitting tig welded on to your keg, $35 for 1" on eBay. Just use wire to guide it down to the hole, easy done.

[googe]

Sorry should have explained better, I don't have a large fill port to be able to reach in and do a nut up from the inside, something that will real inside by tightening a nut from the out side, ive seen them years ago but cant find or recall what they were. Thanks for the info.

[googe]

Is it for the underside? If so search for '1/2" skin fitting' on eBay, just have to check it will fit through keg opening. Could be a PITA trying to get it through the hole you drilled...

The stainless skin fitting is the go if you can't get a fitting tig welded on to your keg, $35 for 1" on eBay. Just use wire to guide it down to the hole, easy done.

that could workl rumdrinker, I thought it might be to much fucking around.

[Goldie]

Boating shops also sell ss skin fittings too.

[smegory]

I was thinking of the same thing here is a link not a bad price either https://www.whitworths.com.au/main_itemdetail.asp?cat=133&item=78524&intAbsolutePage=1

[googe]

I thought of an example of what I mean tonight, his pic. Something that can be screwed up from the outside and tightens inside.

[Hobo]

Hey Googe, why couldn't ya just drill your drain hole at 180 deg opposite your heating element? That way you could use a long extension and a socket to do your nut up from the other side.
Of course you would have to take the element out to do it. Just a suggestion, that's what I am planning to do when I upgrade to a keg boiler.

[bt1]

Hobo,

you know sometimes a practical look at things really helps...f&*king great...wd bloke

bt1

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I just put one of those 1" skin fittings in my boiler. It was a piece of piss, just drilled a 32mm hole and fitted it straight up and screwed a 1" gate valve on.

[1 2many]

Hey Googe, why couldn't ya just drill your drain hole at 180 deg opposite your heating element? That way you could use a long extension and a socket to do your nut up from the other side.
Of course you would have to take the element out to do it. Just a suggestion, that's what I am planning to do when I upgrade to a keg boiler.

Nice trick mate great idea. :-D

[Brendan]

Sorry should have explained better, I don't have a large fill port to be able to reach in and do a nut up from the inside, something that will real inside by tightening a nut from the out side, ive seen them years ago but cant find or recall what they were. Thanks for the info.

To repeat a few others...'through-hull skin fitting' is what you're after :handgestures-thumbupleft: