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Apparently it is not illegal to fill a CGA 320 valved cylinder with nitrogen gas, or a beer gas blend. So it's not uncommon to find CGA 320 stemmed regulators being used for beer gas, although I'd be surprised if my local AirGas outlet would go along with all that these days... Cheers!

re: replacing your CGA 320 stem with a CGA 580 stem Micro Matic "nitrogen inlet stem" uses a Left Hand Thread (not atypical of high-pressure side plumbing, I think Taprite does the same). Their part can be found here...

Your Micro Matic regulator has a CGA 320 stem. And it is indeed missing the O-ring at the tip. It normally would be "trapped" by the hex screw at the tip. I have a Taprite CO2 reg with a CGA 320 stem that also uses an O-ring like that, but you can (and I have) get by in a pinch using a standard...

Got a couple of good pictures to show?

Bleach Bomb from orbit :rock:

So far so good but it ain't over 'til the Centaurs run out of fuel :) [edit] Good through separation, the next drama will be testing the heat shield on the return leg. Have to say SpaceX does a much better video production than NASA :)

If you can't create a dimple with your 2" bar, a smaller bar "would work better"... Cheers!

A 2" bar can be a challenge where a 1" bar would be a piece of cake. Get a smaller bar... Cheers!

Here we go again, again :)

Does Kegland recommend prolonged contact with sodium percarbonate/sodium carbonate cleaners like Oxiclean for their PET vessels? I recall there were issues with Better Bottles (also PET) where that caused crazing and eventually cracking. If that is the case, PBW might be the better option...

Sam Adams may be sold to Japanese beverage company Suntory. Maybe not the best example to follow ;)

Best hopes and wishes for your son's speedy recovery :mug:

Starship still lacking permits but SpaceX looking to the 6th for launch... https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-launch-date-june-6 And Starliner still looking at June 5 launch at 10:52 am Eastern. https://www.space.com/news/live/boeing-starliner-live-updates

All of the chest freezers I've built keezers from had lid lights, but they were all 120vac switched elements. Which made it easy to extend the external wire - I just cut it and spliced in enough twin-lead copper to fit, didn't even need to pay attention to polarity. You could do the same, just...

One has to expect new ownership will not run Anchor the way it was run into its (albeit temporary, from current appearances) demise. Something has to change for its second life to be successful... Cheers!