CO2 Tank Valve Stuck Open

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hofmeister

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Afternoon, Homebrew Forum!

I have a stuck CO2 tank valve. The keg kicked yesterday, so I turned the regulator valve off and disconnected my gas line from the keg. I left the CO2 tank in the fridge. This morning I took the tank out of the fridge to make room for a lager, left it in the garage (50F) till this afternoon, then thought I should turn the CO2 tank valve off since the system's not in use. But it's stuck open (regulator still attached, of course). I just got the set-up a few weeks back, and this is the first keg I've gone through.

Any thoughts? :mug:
 
I'd take the tank back to wherever you got it from and have them take a look at it. Please don't do anything dramatic like slap a big ass pipe wrench on it, there's enough pressure in these things to cause grievous injury if something goes wrong...

Cheers!
 
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