I swear, I'm not buying used mechanicals on Ebay or anywhere else. It's new or nothing from now on. I finally took my regulator apart and reassembled enough times to stop the internal leak (about 15 times total). After sanitizing two of a growing collection of cornies, I racked both my Oktoberfest batches. One is a lager that's been lagering for 2.5 months and the other is the same recipe done as an ale which was in secondary for 3 weeks now.
I half-ass installed my secondary regs inside the fridge and ran the main line out to the big ol 20 pounder outside.
I set the pressures to 11 PSI and it's been sitting overnight. Of course, I couldn't wait to see how quickly it might carb up so I took a pour of the lager since it was already at 35 degrees when I racked. It's actually about half carbed already. Yum.
I half-ass installed my secondary regs inside the fridge and ran the main line out to the big ol 20 pounder outside.
I set the pressures to 11 PSI and it's been sitting overnight. Of course, I couldn't wait to see how quickly it might carb up so I took a pour of the lager since it was already at 35 degrees when I racked. It's actually about half carbed already. Yum.