commercial keg to cornelius keg conversion

[Davebispham81]

hi all, does anyone know if it is possible to convert a commercial beer keg for use with my home brew, i wouldn`t of thought it would be all that difficult but i cant find anything on google relating to the subject, any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks guys.

 

[Moley]

Duplicate thread deleted, but I can't answer your question, sorry.

 

[Davebispham81]

sorry about posting twice mate i ended up back on here through a google search and hit post new without thinking, much apologies. As for no one being able to answer my question i can only imagine that means either no one knows how or no one wants to admit they do it because they are using stolen keg, either way i see a profit here if i can figure it out...watch this space lads :party:

 

[Aleman]

Actually I do know someone that has done it successfully . . but it involved having some custom threaded 'nipples made that were then soldered onto the Sanke (using TIG welding and filling the sanke with Argon) . . . the Corny posts then screwed onto these these nipples . . . It seemed a lot of work to me compared to getting a Sanke Connector from eBay

 

[Davebispham81]

Thanks for the reply aleman that sounds like alot of hard work but i wasn`t talking about changing the sanke connector, i was talking about putting a cornelius style " lid " with a pressure release valve thingy on a commercial keg so i can get my home brew in and be able to clean it properly,

 

[topgear]

That will need some serious fabrication to be safe!!! ever heard the story about the landlord that got his head blown off trying to put beer back in a keg :nono:

 

[Davebispham81]

cant say i have, please do tell

 

[Hawks]

Didn't I read a previous post where someone had a 'ball' type fitting that went on a pressure washer, they were using to clean casks?

But if you could get the fitting off the keg once pressure released (I assume you can get a tool for this instead of a hammer and screwdriver which I'll admit to using in the past ) you could surely use the same system.

Would seem a better route to look down than trying to re-fabricate a pressure vessel...