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Old 02-06-2012, 04:05 PM   #1
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hey guys, I picked up a whole keg kit on black friday and have had it in use for about 3 months. Everything seemed fine with my 5# tank, but yesterday the gauge read nearly 0 psi at the high pressure. I pulled the tank and weighed it, then had it filled. Turns out I had 1lb left in it, but oh well now its fresh.

So last night after being paranoid about a leak, I killed the gas at the main shutoff but left the lines connected to my 4 way regulator chain and also hooked up to two kegs. Overnight the pressure dropped in the lines and read around 5psi on all the regulators. I leak tested this morning with soapy water and found nothing.

If the line pressure drops when the tank is shut off, is it safe to assume there is a leak somewhere in the system? This seems like a no brainer, but I leave the gas on at all times and the 5# tank lasted about 5 kegs of force carbing (and probably wasting co2 not knowing what I was doing at first) so that would have to be a SLOW leak, right?

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If you turn the gas on, then off and the pressure on the regulator will drop as it is being slowly absorbed into the beer in the kegs. I do this all the time with my setup.


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