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User Manual - Page 2
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Parts / Components...2 Main Cooler ...2
Castors...2 Interior...2 Thermostat ...3 Rear ...3 CO2 Cylinder ...4 Regulator (Single or Double Gauge 5 Red Air Hose...7 Coupler (Tapper, Tap) ...8 5' Clear Beer Hose...11 Beer Tower...12 Chrome Beer Faucet ...14 Common Issues and Questions 15 My keg of (insert favorite beer) doesn't fit 15 Leaking / Losing CO2...16 Unit Not Cooling Enough ...17 Too much...
User Manual - Page 3
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...inside
Cooler w/ Keg of Bud in it
Thermostat Control Hole for Red Air Hose Rear Cooling Plate Metal Plate to put keg on...Where the Keg goes
Has metal plate at the top left that controls the temperature in the unit.
Parts / Components
Main Cooler
This is...
Allow unit to work properly. There is the refrigerator part of the Keg Cooler.
It is a small refrigerator with holes to allow for...
User Manual - Page 4
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... part,... cools. The back of the refrigerator
Compressor is in the back
CO2 Cylinder and Regulator are in the back
Serial # and spec sheet located on the regulator,... turn unit off
Also called the 'cold control'
Close up of sticker with specs, wiring diagram, model...Keg Cooler.
User Manual - Page 6
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per square inch) Single gauge regulator shows pressure leaving the regulator Double gauge shows air pressure leaving regulator, and air pressure in the CO2 cylinder Secondary cut off valve stops air flow from regulator to the keg Secondary cut off air flow going to the keg, while still allowing air from the CO2 cylinder. There are 2 types of a brass...
User Manual - Page 7
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... here to Coupler (Keg). The lever would be down "C" and an "O" at the rounded end of secondary cut off valve in the... "Off" or "Closed" position. Air pressure to coupler.
Screw used to adjust the pressure to the coupler.
Open allows air to flow to the Keg. You can faintly see an upside down for the "ON" or "Open" setting. Air pressure in to regulator...
User Manual - Page 8
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...red tube the runs between the bottom of the regulator (under the secondary cut off valve) and the coupler
5/16" Inner Diameter and 9/16" ...Outer Diameter Hose is 5' long Attaches to bottom of regulator with hex nut
Below: Barbed connector where Red Hose connects to Coupler. Hex nut holds and secures connector in back of cooler...
User Manual - Page 9
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... Parts Diagram
Connects to allow air in place, and acts as a washer
8 O-ring out of place can be obtained 3rd party, from the regulator, and beer to flow up to tap keg #14 & #15 - Handle Assembly pulls out, then down to actuate the probe down and breaks seal to the tower. Coupler (Tapper, Tap...
User Manual - Page 10
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The parts that breaks the seal on the keg, allowing air in the down position. Below: Basic breakdown of the coupler, you can see the probe in the order and direction shown, for installation. They are all removable and changeable. Below are actual pictures of the coupler assembly, whole and somewhat broken down
Above...
User Manual - Page 16
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If the customer is using a keg that has the right dimensions, and the door still will accommodate kegs that the wider section is set up without the castors, the door can fit. Raise widest part of the cooler.
It may just need to fit in our unit.
If the unit is above the "step" in height. Common...
User Manual - Page 17
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...all the way into the Keg. A wrench should identify ...keg cooler comes with air hissing out.
Sometimes it isn't apparent, spraying soapy water around for info).
16 If this knob
Ask what kind of the connections from the cylinder to the regulator...cylinder and the regulator, make sure that...release should be replaced. If it...Amstel, etc), then the problem is the case, customer needs...
User Manual - Page 18
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... liquid temperature in the MCKC490S, so it needs air flow on the compressor to properly cool. Unplug the unit
2. The one on left & right. screwdriver into the hole, straight up service. Like many other small...1. Locate the 2 screws that there is no condenser fan motor in the keg. Likewise, too warm of
the cooler. Remove the screws. Is the unit built in the front, top right corner of...
User Manual - Page 19
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... some , but not enough, repeat procedure and adjust the screw another ¼ turn the thermostat to the highest setting. Give this screw
a bit, to top of hours. Let sit for a couple hours and check the temperature... and turn unit down Turn this screw ½ turn Counter-Clockwise. If unit has cooled down some red stuff on the bottom of the water in again, and it . Continue doing ...
User Manual - Page 20
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... such as beer in the hose going up the tower will be warmer than the beer in the unit.
If the beer is recommended to the keg. This information can also be found online, at ... be kept cooler by inserting foam insulation into the tower. Pull tap handle forward completely and smoothly. Too much foam
If the unit is dispensing too much foam, the problem is set on the regulator. It is...
User Manual - Page 21
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...partly open , and screw adjustments don't change pressure, regulator may be proper air pressure.
Is the tank valve (primary shut off . Is the Gauge on the regulator...First, ask what kind of the cooler.
If handle is empty, there ... a problem with assembly and set up , then keg is...keg is domestic, and uses the American Sankey coupler, make sure that the tap handle is contacting the cooling...
User Manual - Page 22
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...in the open all the parts are in proper
positions ... sure it should physically fit within the dimensions listed above, it has a slit in...problem may be made by pulling out the pressure release valve. Check Valve
Can I Use Keg Cooler for Import Kegs? If no air pressure. Also check that deal in the coupler.
*Hint - The coupler in the tapered end. Is the Regulator valve (secondary cut...
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