CO2 manifold for beer gas?

Kegging
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Is there any reason one should not use a standard C02 manifold
http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/brewing/kegging/gas-hardware/gas-distributors/3-way-co2-distributor-w-1-4-mfl-shutoffs.html
for a beer gas mix?

I’ve got a 5 way and 3 way manifold. Thinking I could use the 5 way for CO2 and the 3 way for N/CO2 mix.

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I can’t think of a reason why it would not work.

O2, CO2, N, N/CO2. The manifold doesn’t know the difference.

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[quote=“Nighthawk”]I can’t think of a reason why it would not work.

O2, CO2, N, N/CO2. The manifold doesn’t know the difference.[/quote]

Yeah, I can’t think of a reason either. I was thinking about the fact that N is stored at higher pressure, but I suppose that doesn’t matter as long as the regulator output does not exceed the tolerance of the manifold–whatever that is.

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My thought would be that the tubing would fail before the manifold or valves would.

5

+1

Nobody keeps separate lines for different gas mixes. I even use the same lines for beer and gas. Keep it simple and universal.