Mini and Midi drums

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The other day i pcked up two drums brand new, a 16gal and 30gal for a reasonable price.

I plan on making uds's out of them, my thought was for the 30gal drum to use 3/4" inlets and 1/2" inlets for the 16gal drum. Will that work, or do i need to go smaller for the 30gal or bigger for the 16gal?

I have a couple of threads saved but i couldn't find what size inlets he used, i plan on using Weber lids on both drums. Thanks:biggrin1:
 
I haven't built one, but, I would go 3/4" on both and add a ball valve to one of the vents. You can always close down the vents, but, it is hard to open them up once the fire is on.
 
landarc said:
I haven't built one, but, I would go 3/4" on both and add a ball valve to one of the vents. You can always close down the vents, but, it is hard to open them up once the fire is on.
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Good point. Thanks!
 
As long as you have valves it shouldn't matter.
Personally I can run my uds on just one 3/4" I'm sure the same will hold true on a 30
 
I used 3, 3/4" nipples with 1 ball valve on my 16 gal and it's overkill but too much is better than not enough.
 
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