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Offline tfrommer

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Nitro regulator
« on: May 19, 2016, 02:38:27 pm »
Hi folks,
I'm planning on adding a nitro faucet to my kegerator and hook up a beer gas line to serve. Is there such a thing as a nitrogen regulator or can I use a "standard" one as I do for my CO2? I see Northern Brewer sells one (http://www.northernbrewer.com/nitrogen-regulator) but not sure if that is just fancy marketing lingo.
« Last Edit: May 19, 2016, 03:09:47 pm by tfrommer »
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Offline Stevie

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Re: Nitro regulator
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2016, 02:43:58 pm »
They are different. Some have told me that they have seen beergas in standard co2 cylinders, but I've only seen them in the nitro style.

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Re: Nitro regulator
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2016, 11:01:20 pm »
Because the nitrogen gas in the beer gas mix requires being stored under greater pressure than co2, beer gas requires a high pressure tank and regulator.  Normally both the tank and regulator have a bigger diameter regulator connector and match-up connection nozzle than a co2 regulator/tank.  Also, the high pressure tanks have a female threaded connection nozzle, rather than the male thread connection nozzle of a co2 tank.

Apologies if I'm using the wrong descriptive terms, but I hope you get the picture.