Me too Lylo, I just bought five cornies and they're all a little bit different. It seems most parts are interchangeable except perhaps the one with a straight dip tube (i.e. the long one, on the outlet side). Don't continue to worry though, just keep in mind what Wiz says, that's some excellent advice!

The weld line is apparently the 5 gal mark

I will fill to just below the gas in

Thanks for all of this.Are these tubes just flared SS tubes ar something special?

They are flared ss.

So I guess I can buy a flaring tool and some SS tubing and play around?

The type of ss you buy is important. It has to be manufactured to food grade standards. Your standard cheap stainless tube will have a welded seam that can be a hiding place for nasties.
Personally I wouldn't bother, you can buy replacement standard dip tubes cheap enough, but that's me.
Cheers wiz

Yikes,wtf are you doing up at this time of day/night?
I've never had replies at this time of nite from the brewers down under.

Lol I'm at work, it's 2.10 in the afternoon here.

Okay,I kegged a stout form an extract kit last night after carefully weigh out 78grams of corn sugar adding it to a cup of preboiled water.
Apparently it is not a good idea to panic and dump the hole thing into the keg as you see the beer approaching the top.
I think beer is a lot like blood,when it is so important to you and you see it lying on the floor you would swear there is gallons of it.
Anyway I really don't know how much sugar I actually got in the keg or if that brown foam that came shooting out was a finely balanced mix.
I guess I will find out in acouple of weeks.

Lylo wrote:Okay,I kegged a stout form an extract kit last night after carefully weigh out 78grams of corn sugar adding it to a cup of preboiled water.
Apparently it is not a good idea to panic and dump the hole thing into the keg as you see the beer approaching the top.
I think beer is a lot like blood,when it is so important to you and you see it lying on the floor you would swear there is gallons of it.
Anyway I really don't know how much sugar I actually got in the keg or if that brown foam that came shooting out was a finely balanced mix.
I guess I will find out in acouple of weeks.

You can always top up the carbonation with your c02 system right?