Quick corny keg question

[MiAlBrew]

Morning all.
I've decided to have a go at kegging and a reconditioned keg arrived in the post this morning.
I wasn't expecting the base to have the bulge that can be seen in the image. Is this normal? If not will it affect the use of the keg?

Best regards,
M

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Is it directly below the beer port ie allowing for the long tube. Anyway it will still work.

 

[MiAlBrew]

Yes, it's below the out port. The metal sides and the side rim of the black rubber don't look deformed, but wanted to double check with someone in the know before I exploded 19L of beer over the kitchen.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

I think mine are the same but can’t remember

 

[thepatchworkdoll]

Yes mine are also like that. I think its meant toi be that way for the output tube.
Regards
Patch

 

[labrewski]

To allow sediment to settle in I'd imagine

 

[AnimatedGIF]

TL;DR: Looks good


Looks perfect to me (see above responses). For future reference, some of the newer ones have the bulge in the center instead - it just depends on the design of the keg.
Where the bulge is in the side (like yours), it will likely be a straight dip tube that goes to the bulge in the bottom directly below the beer out post.
The ones that have the bulge in the middle tend to have a dip tube that has a bend in it so the end of the dip tube sits in the middle also, if that makes sense.