Recent content by darkeagle03

Just an update for anyone that was following this thread, or looks it up in the future: I contacted Edgestar again and got a different rep. I explained my situation with more information and also explicitly stated that I'd prefer to attempt to repair it instead of paying $70 for a new...

Yes, it empties the cartridge in about 4-5 seconds through that hole. It worked fine for the first 2 or so times I used it but then failed (but I didn't know that's what failed - I thought I screwed up at first). The setup is like this: ___...................__ RO 0 l|-- {SS} 0PS0...

When looking at it again, I did notice one weird thing, that brass fitting can be flipped upside down and the little knob that sticks out seems to be a perfect fit for the opening. I wonder if this may create a more difficult and/or permanent seal.

Can a 16g CO2 cartridge cause a lot of damage? It doesn't seem like there's enough in there to do much. And I think I'm going to try some other stuff first - - namely trying to put some kind of bigger rubber seal, or at least lubricant on the existing one - but I need to figure out a way to test...

I removed the brass part and it's just flat on the bottom with a little rubber circle that presses down to form a seal on the opening. Everything seems OK as far as I can tell. I may try the epoxy method or superglue and see what happens.

I already emailed the manufacturer. They said "sounds like your regulator is bad, send us $70 for a new one." I'd much rather see if I can fix it than drop $70 to get a 5L kegerator that costs < $200 new working.

Thank you, that's pretty much what I was thinking but it's clearly not working, so either the pressure release valve itself is broken, the spring isn't strong enough, or the black piece isn't long enough. Assuming the release valve itself isn't broken, do you have any suggestions how to keep it...

you can't see it too well in the picture, but the black piece just has a hole that goes all the way through. It's basically a tube and doesn't look like it would do anything, which makes me wonder if it broke, but I don't know what the piece is called to even see what it's supposed to look like...

Attached is a picture of my CO2 regulator. That black part with the spring was screwed into the opening facing the camera. I'm not really sure what it is - a blowoff valve maybe? After a few uses the regulator started leaking massively through that area, so I'd like to either replace that black...

I have an Edgestar mini keg system that worked perfectly for the first 2 5l kegs but recently I had some trouble with massive CO2 leaks. I would screw the cartridge in and the pressure gauge would max out. The leak is so bad you can hear it across the house and the cartridge empties in about 30...

The sanitizer is Brewer's Edge. Yes, it's a one-step. The more I think on it, I really think some of the bottles might just have not been sanitized well. Now that I think back on it, the timing of the process for this batch wound up being pretty poor. This is usually a 2-man operation between...

Its possible but if anything they would have shaken it up more and exposed them to more light since the bad ones had none of either

Thanks. What I'm really hoping for is that it's just a set of bottles that we didn't sanitize well enough. I don't see how it would be contaminants in the whole batch since the 15 or so we left with friends apparently didn't have any off flavors. Sorry, I'm drawing a blank on the sanitizer...

lol it's not a problem to provide more info. Thanks for being willing to help out :) I'm not entirely sure how to describe the taste. It was overly alcoholic and kind of had a gassy taste to it as well IMO, like it had gone totally skunky. I tried asking the other person that tried the bad ones...

I made my 4th batch of extract beer a while ago. The first 3 came out pretty good. So did this one, at first. After waiting the requisite period of time for fermentation and bottle conditioning I brought a case camping where 5 of us enjoyed them. Both the straight kit and the ones we added...