General Back Story:
I have built a keezer with 5 taps.
I use a 5# bottle.
Primary reg is directly connected to bottle has two gauges: Tank & Line
Primary reg is connected to secondary 6 body reg.
Each body has its own reg.
So right after I built it I got it up and running and was happy...that is until about 2 weeks later when the bottle was empty.
I blew that off as not realizing how much CO2 was needed to carb up the 5 kegs...plus I force carbed a few others.
One bottle swap and another 2 weeks later...another empty bottle.
So now I realize I have a leak somewhere.
Out comes the soapy water sprayer. I find nothing.
Next comes the baby powder and smoke to see if I can see any currents. Nothing.
Anger ensues and time passes.
So I decide over the July 4 holiday to finally get this running.
I get all new hoses as I figure I could have a pinhole leak somewhere in them. I dismount the secondary and take it apart and reassemble.
Now to make sure I have no leaks...I take the entire assembly and submerge it in a big ass tank.
Leak found...it was in one of the pressure relief valves on the secondary.
Replaced and retested...nothing.
Perfect....well maybe.
Here's my concern:
I charged the lines but turned off the tank. The tank gauge says around 55 and the Primary's line gauge says around 52. No problem there.
However I left it charged, with the tank off, and NONE of the keg lines "open" (so no gas dissolving happened there)...come morning the primary's tank gauge only read 30.
I "was" very confident there was no leaks when it was underwater...but if that was the case, why did the gauge change overnight?
I did not however take note of the Primary's line gauge before I recharged the system and went to work (where I'm at now).
Could the tank gauge change like that just by sitting there?
Anyone have any advise they can give me here?
Thanks!
Jay
I have built a keezer with 5 taps.
I use a 5# bottle.
Primary reg is directly connected to bottle has two gauges: Tank & Line
Primary reg is connected to secondary 6 body reg.
Each body has its own reg.
So right after I built it I got it up and running and was happy...that is until about 2 weeks later when the bottle was empty.
I blew that off as not realizing how much CO2 was needed to carb up the 5 kegs...plus I force carbed a few others.
One bottle swap and another 2 weeks later...another empty bottle.
So now I realize I have a leak somewhere.
Out comes the soapy water sprayer. I find nothing.
Next comes the baby powder and smoke to see if I can see any currents. Nothing.
Anger ensues and time passes.
So I decide over the July 4 holiday to finally get this running.
I get all new hoses as I figure I could have a pinhole leak somewhere in them. I dismount the secondary and take it apart and reassemble.
Now to make sure I have no leaks...I take the entire assembly and submerge it in a big ass tank.
Leak found...it was in one of the pressure relief valves on the secondary.
Replaced and retested...nothing.
Perfect....well maybe.
Here's my concern:
I charged the lines but turned off the tank. The tank gauge says around 55 and the Primary's line gauge says around 52. No problem there.
However I left it charged, with the tank off, and NONE of the keg lines "open" (so no gas dissolving happened there)...come morning the primary's tank gauge only read 30.
I "was" very confident there was no leaks when it was underwater...but if that was the case, why did the gauge change overnight?
I did not however take note of the Primary's line gauge before I recharged the system and went to work (where I'm at now).
Could the tank gauge change like that just by sitting there?
Anyone have any advise they can give me here?
Thanks!
Jay