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Old 02-05-2012, 01:59 PM   #1
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Default Keg pressure climbs and climbs

Bought a brand new regulator setup from keg cowboy and hooked it up. I set the pressure to 10-12 psi and after a few hours the pressure will creep to 50psi or more. The longer it sits the higher it climbs. What am i doing wrong here.


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Old 02-05-2012, 05:31 PM   #2
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sounds more like a regulator problem to me.
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Old 02-05-2012, 05:54 PM   #3
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What bdupree said...
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bad high pressure seat in the regulator. Needs to be replaced or rebuilt.
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Regulator.
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Old 02-14-2012, 11:06 PM   #6
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Keg cowboy shipped me a new regulator, everything is good to go now. Thanks everybody.
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Are these regulators rebuildable? I used to work in the scuba industry, and rebuilding a regulator is something i did all the time. pretty much a few o-rings and a high pressure seat that needs replacing. Pull the thing apart, clean it up, new o-rings and seat and lube it up as you put it back together.


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