Technical Specifications & Power Requirements

Benchy Carbon | Technical Specifications & Power Requirements

Technical Specifications

This unit has approximately 150watts of cooling power meaning you can chill about 8L of beer per hour (based on 20°C ambient temperature). Please be aware we recommend that after every 500ml dispensed you should allow approximately 2 minutes to recover.

If you are looking for a Benchtop dispenser with higher capacity we recomend the KL18203 Benchy Glycol which is an even more powerful and is able to dispense more than 3 times more product.

Compressor Running: Approx 60w Idle: Approx 1.6w Average consumption when maintaining serving temperature: Approx 15w

Input Voltage: 12/24V DC (9.5-31V) Cooling Capacity: 8L Per Hour (based on 20°C ambient) Size: 23.5cm x 35cm (excluding taps) x 46cm (high)

Inclusions

1 x KL18210 12V/24V240V Benchy Carbon Unit 1 x Standard IEC Lead 2 x KL15523 Flow Control Nukataps with KL01359 Handles 1 x KL13161 Punched Counter Top Drip Tray

NOT INCLUDED: KL12348 2m DC Power Lead (40amp Anderson x Alligator Clips). This is required for DC operation

Power Options

The Benchy Carbon can be powered on AC (110-240V) using the included IEC cable.

The Benchy Carbon can be run on 12V or 24V. Power lead with alligator clips sold seperately.

DO NOT USE BATTERY CHARGERS OR DC GENERATORS

Never use a battery charger, transformer/rectifier, battery eliminator or AC/DC converter to power the product (unless supplied by KegLand). Such equipment can, under certain circumstances, deliver current at a voltage which may damage the inverter. In order to use these devices always ensure that a battery is connected in parallel between the charging equipment and the product

DC Cable Requirements

DC Cable Gauge & Length Requirements

DC power systems have significantly higher losses over cable and this can be exacerbated by insufficient cable or bad cable joins. When running the Benchy Carbon off battery power it’s important to understand that longer cable requires thicker cable to avoid excessive power loss. We recommend pure copper cable (not aluminium or copper plated).

The table below shows the necessary minimum gauge required. It’s ok to use smaller cable but do not use larger cable than this.

AW Gauge	Cross Section (mm2 )	Max Length 12V (feet)	Max Length 12V DC (metres)	Max Length 24V DC (fee)	Max Length 24V DC (metres)
13	2.5	8	2.5	16	5
12	4	13	4	26	8
10	6	20	6	39	12
8	10	33	10	66	20

DC Voltage Requirements

The voltages in the table below specify the voltage required to the compressor. This does not take into account voltage loss in fittings such as cigarette lighter sockets, cable joins or the cable itself that you might have in your system. For best performance use quality fittings, thick cable and firm fitting Anderson sockets to ensure your DC cabling losses are kept to a minimum.

DC power systems can operate between 9.6V DC and up to 18V DC or alternatively from 21.3V DC and up to 31.5V DC.

NOTE: If you would like to run this unit on DC Voltages between 18V and 21.3V you will need to purchase a step down power module (DC to DC converter). This can be handy if you want to run the Benchy Carbon off commonly available 18V Drill Batteries.

12V Cut Out	12V Cut In	12V Max	24V Cut Out	24V Cut In	24V Max
9.6V	10.9V	18.0V	21.3V	22.7V	31.5V