Palms on Overview: Kegland Digital Gauges!

September 19, 2022

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Kegland’s DuoTight system together with their EVABarrier Tubing are superb. Take a look at my intensive arms on evaluation for a deep dive into the system.

Kegland has launched a digital gauge choice that works with their nice inline secondary regulator and BlowTie Spunding Valve. They’ve additionally launched a DuoTight model. It is a arms on take a look at each together with upgrades of the inline regulator and BlowTie.

MoreBeer

William’s Brewing

Keg Connection

Gauge Options

These gauges each learn from 0 to 90 PSI.
They options backlight illumination
Use simple to supply CR2032 batteries
Estimated battery lifetime of greater than 2 years (utilizing the gauge as soon as every day).
Auto off after 15 seconds.
The DuoTight model is made for 8mm connections

MoreBeer’s Description sheds some extra mild on the development and design of those gauges.

Get prompt stress reads with the again illuminated Digital Mini Stress Gauge from KegLand. Appropriate with 8 mm Duotight fittings and Grey Ball Lock QDs. For those who’re utilizing the unique BlowTie spunding valve with out stress gauge, you should utilize a Duotight tee becoming in-line between the ball lock QD and the BlowTie to take stress readings with the Digital Mini Gauge.

KegLand has developed the world’s most compact mini digital gauge with backlight illumination. This very compact design retains excessive accuracy whereas nonetheless assembly the fascinating small type issue. This meets the rising want as mini keg programs, mini regulators and different extra compact keg meting out options are required.

Conventional analogue gauges require a small capillary mechanism the place a small pipe expands and unravels below stress. This in flip drives a mechanical cog to rotate the gauge needle. This age-old approach works fairly effectively particularly in giant gauges however as this mechanism is manufactured smaller and smaller a tradeoff between accuracy and measurement turns into the difficulty. With very small gauges akin to a 27mm x 27mm Mini Gauge, it’s tough to make them higher than 10% accuracy as a result of bodily constraints of the mechanical parts.

Palms on Overview

KL18388 is the digital gauge (for upgrading Blowtie and extra) and KL18081 is the DuoTight digital gauge.KL18388 left, KL18081 properOptions – KL18388 left, KL18081 properKL18388 left, KL18081 properGauge entrance view. KL18388 left, KL18081 proper.Gauge prime view. KL18388 left, KL18081 proper.A take a look at KL18081’s DuoTight 8 mm StemA glance behind KL18388

Associated: What’s a Spunding Valve?

Why a Spunding Valve? There are a great deal of homebrew associated functions for a Spunding valve starting from pressurized fermentation to naturally carbonating to fixing over carbonated beers and much extra. Take a look at our useful resource put up on the topic. It’s arguably the go-to useful resource on the Web on the topic

Upgrading BlowTie v1 to Digital

BlowTie v1 didn’t have an built-in gauge. It used a tee becoming to attach a keg QD to the PRV.

My BlowTie Palms on Overview features a part on BlowTie v1. To improve BlowTie v1, you’d use a KL18081 gauge. My construct can be upgraded with a Kegland DuoTight Ball Lock QD

Upgrading this meeting is as simple as swapping out the gauge. Since it is a DuoTight connection, no instruments are wanted.Facet view of upgraded meeting

Upgrading BlowTie v2 to Digital

BlowTie v2 added an built-in gauge on some fashions. KL18388 can be utilized to improve BlowTie v2. Observe that there’s a v2 model of BlowTie that has no gauge. That model can’t be upgraded utilizing KL18388. You’d want so as to add a tee and use KL18081.

Palms on Overview: BlowTie Spunding Vavle

Sourcing Kegland BlowTie v2

For those who evaluate the brand new digital gauge to the analog, there’s no comparability. A tough approximation of PSI verses a 1/tenth PSI precision digital readout.Take away screws and pull out the analog gauge.Set up KL18388Upgraded BlowTie!

Upgrading Kegland’s Inline Secondary CO2 Regulator

Kegland’s DuoTight Appropriate Inline Regulator can be utilized to manage every keg stress individually, use a spare keg as a CO2 supply and extra.

Sourcing Kegland DuoTight Inline Secondary CO2 Regulator with Gauge

For those who evaluate the brand new digital gauge to the analog, there’s no comparability. A tough approximation of PSI verses a 1/tenth PSI precision digital readout.Take away screws and pull out the analog gauge.Set up KL18388Upgraded DuoTight Inline Regulator

Digital Keg Stress Gauge

KL18081 + a Kegland DuoTight Ball Lock QD = a keg stress gauge that can be utilized to test for leaks and extra. KL18081 can be utilized by itself to test DuoTight setups for leaks.

Additionally out there as a whole unit from William’s Brewing. It’s price noting that that is helpful even when you’re not a DuoTight person because it’s an multi function unit. For those who select to improve to DuoTight and EVABarrier sooner or later, these would plug proper.

Conclusions

These are excellent. Traditional Kegland… progressive, typically effectively priced and effectively thought out. I REALLY like that Kegland made these backwards suitable for house owners of suitable tools. That means that you can rapidly swap out analog for digital and notice the advantages with out having to re-purchase all the pieces. The digital readout is way simpler to learn than analogue and it’s in all probability extra correct, if for no different purpose than these are simpler to learn.