Cat proofing faucets

Brewing Processes
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I am finally upgrading from picnic taps to perlicks. My cat likes to sleep on top of the keezer, and while mostly sweet, he is a bit of an a-hole and not to be trusted. I’m looking for ideas on how to keep the faucets from being knocked or pulled open by said a-hole cat.

I want it to be an easy solution and not make the keezer look horrible. My buddy just finished the awesome collar, and I don’t want to ruin his great work.

I have already determined that I will forever use short tap handles and removing the handles might work well enough.

My best thought is a dowel across the handles attached to some eye hooks on the back of the keezer. I want to attach them to the back to keep the front looking nice. To attach to the eye hooks, I’m thinking some strong cording with a couple of strong pull springs.

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You could buy tap locks.

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Thought about that, but I have two issues there.

1 - can’t find locks for the newer perlicks
2 - expensive, but I’m sure it’s cheaper than replacing flooring.

Edit - maybe I can fashion something out of a u-bolt that functions like the lock. It looks like they simply hook onto the little notch on the back of the faucet.

4

Just thought of something… I’m going with perlick 650ss faucets. Does the flow control work as a shut off?

5

Yes they do.

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That solves my issue. Thanks Amanda.