Barbed connectors with a gas management board?

[Dr Jacoby]

I bought a gas management board a couple of years ago for use in my kegerator.



As you can see, the board uses john guest fittings (on the row of six outlets on the bottom). I have it hooked up to 3 kegs and a gas bottle, all of which sit inside the fridge. The problem is that in such a confined space the tubing that fits into the board outlets tends to get pushed at an angle and gas starts to leak out. I know there other people on here who have had the same issue. It can be a serious pain in the arse.

So I was hoping there's a way to replace the john guest fittings and use barbed connectors with flexible tubing instead. Does anyone know if this can be done? Maybe there's some kind of bridging connector that would allow me to use barbed connectors with the board?

Any ideas?

[johnrm]

I have not used JG fittings in my setup, so do not have a lot of experience with this, but have come across this question before.
Where I have come across JG fittings is in undersink water filtration systems where I have see the use of plastic Circlips which prevent the JG connection being defeated.

A sh1t website, but you get the idea...
http://www.eevad.com/eevad/accessoires-chr-arts-de-la-table/outillage-entretien-traitement-eau/plomberie/raccords/raccords-john-guest/raccords-john-guest-standard-/circlips-de-verrouillage-8mm-/product_info.php/cPath/222054_222057_222067_112_1126_10038/products_id/4142/language/EN

[Dr Jacoby]

Do the JG fittings screw out?

Probably should have tried that before posting here! But suppose they don't, is there something that would make a barbed connector compatible with a JG outlet? 

[Dr Jacoby]

I have seen the use of plastic Circlips which prevent the JG connection being defeated.

That might do the job to stop the leaks. Thanks.

The only other issue I have is that the tubing I currently use is so inflexible that it can be a pain to set everything up without the fridge door being pushed open etc. I'd love to invest in some flexible tubing if possible but that depends on making a barbed connector work with the gas management board.

[Dr Jacoby]

That looks perfect. Cheers!

[swiggingpig]

I used JG 3/8" to 3/16" reducers so that I can use the more flexible 3/16" beer/gas line between the board and the keg.

Been using this for over 2 years without any issues.