I'm going to print up some t-shirts that say CRANK THAT NUT!
Are you using a co2 washer in your setup? I do tighten that nut well, but not as hard as you apparently are, but I always use a co2 washer. So should everyone.
Posted 19 June 2015 - 07:13 AM
I'm going to print up some t-shirts that say CRANK THAT NUT!
Are you using a co2 washer in your setup? I do tighten that nut well, but not as hard as you apparently are, but I always use a co2 washer. So should everyone.
Posted 19 June 2015 - 07:21 AM
Yeah I use a washer and snug it up. No need to really crank it. I'm willing to be most people's leaks are somewhere else in there system and not at the tank.Are you using a co2 washer in your setup? I do tighten that nut well, but not as hard as you apparently are, but I always use a co2 washer. So should everyone.
Posted 19 June 2015 - 07:33 AM
Posted 19 June 2015 - 08:03 AM
I think I had a keg that had a slow leak on one of the poppets or something. I have enough kegs that I was able to take that one out of the rotation. If everything was working properly and my system was solid, I really shouldn't pull a faucet and get nothing. If everything was tight, I should see the flow decrease slowly until it would no longer serve. If the faucet was working one night and the next day you got NOTHING, that sounds like a slow leak somewhere. I'm going to print up some t-shirts that say CRANK THAT NUT!Mark: Time to go out for beers again. Let's get Jim and Mike to meet us at Emmett's.
Sounds good! Let's do it. I'll send out an email.
Posted 19 June 2015 - 08:57 AM
I have a valve after the regulator. When I change a tank, I close that valve and the one on the tank. If there are no leaks on that end, pressure will still be up on both gauges the next morning.I don't want to turn this into a "I hate CO2" thread but... it seems like my system is pretty sound so if I have a problem, it's me. I leave my tanks on all the time. I have done the spray-with-Starsan thing all over every area (watch for bubbles, etc) and everything appears to be good and I have had 5-lb tanks last for many months. Early on I learned that you really have to crank that regulator nut hard when you connect it to the tank. I once broke the nut. Seriously. I had a guy who worked at one of the LHBS repair it for me. I think that this recent blip was just me not tightening it enough. I have three 5-lb tanks, a 10 and a 20. The 20 carbs beer in my on-deck fridge. Two fivers supply beer on my 4 taps. One fiver is a backup and the 10 is there to someday serve the taps although I'm not sure it will fit into the small fridge. I'll say this though... it never fails: People come over, we head down to the taps and it's the first time I've been down there that day, pull a handle and nothing. Empty tank.
Posted 19 June 2015 - 08:59 AM
CO2 is definitely a pain. I've bought new regs, lines, and bottles and have it under control now. I only have 2 - 20# and 6 - 5#. That will change soon enough.
Posted 22 June 2015 - 11:44 AM
Thanks for the reminder guys! I have two tanks, one of which is empty and the other one which has been in use for a while. Taking 2 kegs to the family reunion this weekend and this jogged my memory to get a refill on the empty so we don't run out.
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