Drilling for lines in stainless fridge

[redoubt]

Hey guys,

With luck, tonight I'll be picking up a stainless fridge to turn into a kegerator. Is there anything special I should know about drilling through stainless for my lines before I have at it? I'm new to all this "handy" stuff, this is my very first kegerator project, and figure I should ask those more experienced before cocking something up and/or wasting money that would be better spent on more beer fixins. Any advice welcome!

Thanks!

[jeffsmith]

I think the most important thing is to be sure that there are no coolant lines in the area that you're planning to drill through the fridge.

[mr x]

Yeah, you really need to know that there isn't cooling lines where you are drilling.

[GAM]

Drill the door. It's the only spot you can be sure of no lines.

Sandy

[redoubt]

Le sigh. I guess my rules of Kijiji etiquette are less than universal. The fridge I had arranged to buy tonight got sold out from under me.

Thanks, though, for the advice. I decided to go with a full-sized fridge so that I could go through the door and not mess with coolant lines or anything else important. Will just a regular bit work for the thickness of steel that's on a fridge? (See? New to the handy stuff. )

Now, to make a second fridge fit in a 1000 square foot home...

[AllanMar]

The stainless on most fridges is near paper thin, I wouldn't worry about it.