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Ok thanks. I guess that makes sense. I totally spaced on that when I ordered them. They were cheap, but I guess till I switch out the pin locks with ball locks, it's probably not any cheaper. The pin lock valves are not very easily accessible with a wrench due to the rubber handles. So the...

Ok, this might be a stupid question, but I haven't been able to find an answer because I don't know how to word the question to get results. I've been using 3 gallon corny kegs. Their valves can just be unscrewed with a wrench. I recently got some 5 gallon kegs...

I was also thinking of doing this. I got some cheap 5 gallon soda kegs. They don't have a pressure relief valve, but they did come with one of these, http://stores.kegconnection.com/Detail.bok?no=484 I brew 2.5 gallon batches and was thinking about just fermenting in a 5 gallon keg, with...

Ok, I kegged it and tried some last night and I didn't get sick, so I guess it's ok.

Maybe I've ruined it by dry hopping way too early?

I went to keg my latest IPA tonight and when I opened my secondary, I noticed this. I'm trying to link to the photo, but it's not working for some reason. Here's a link to flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/36723380@N07/7994405888/ I've never seen anything like that, but I did things a...

Well I got a tank and carbed it up and it turned out pretty nice. I split the line and ran to an amber I have in a second keg. It's strange, the amber seems to stay kind of flat while the Ipa is perfect. I have the line split with 8psi going to each keg. I cranked up to 12 for a week but...

Yeah that was strange. It was at 12 when I put in all in the fridge and then it was at zero when I peeked in. I had to turn the adjusting screw to get it back up to 12. I also noticed the roof of the fridge has a lot of water drops hanging from it. Is this a sign of just cooling down the co2...

I picked up a 5lb tank today to carb my kegs. I read here that readings on a cold tank can get a little weird but I guess I just want some second opinions. The tank read 1000 psi when I brought it home. My keg was already cold. It's around 40 in the fridge. I checked for leaks and it all...

Yeah, it was warm. I usually get decent carbonation in 10-14 days when I used bottles. I'm sure I jumped the gun a bit since this was my first keg. Well screw it, I'm just gonna drop the cash and get a co2 tank. This venture got expensive real quick.

I got the fridge and was super pleased to find i could fit both my 3 gallon cornys on the floor of the unit with no door mods at all. Fantastic. It's a little bigger than the "mini fridge" I told my wife it would be when I sold her on the idea though. ;)

The QD wasn't loose for 10 days. It held pressure through my 10 day carb, at least I assume it held pressure based on my first pour. What was loose was the picnic tap connector to the QD. It's the screw on type and just unscrewed a bit while I was moving the hose around. Hand charger...

Well, I'm not sure Yooper. When I poured the test beer yesterday, it had a nice "cascade" and a nice frothy head on it. Then The next time I poured one, about 10 hours later, it just dribbled out and I noticed the leak. So I re-tightened everything and recharged it with co2 and now it just...

I was carbing in my keg with sugar. I left it go for about 10 days. Today I hooked up a tap and poured a nicely carbonated pint. So I stuck it in the fridge to chill. I think amidst the jostling the picnic tap connection to the QD unscrewed a bit and all the co2 slowly leaked out. I went to...

I just had an issue with my tap. I guess I didn't have it screwed onto the QD quite tight enough. After filling a few pints and twisting the hose around a bit, the fitting came undone slightly and I developed a slow gas leak and a small trickle of beer. By the time I noticed, there was a...

Ok, updated to say that I just went ahead and did it. The charger/QD came off with no problem and the picnic tap went on without a hitch. My first pint poured perfectly carbonated and without any sludge. Into the fridge it goes! Thanks for everyone's advice.

Yeah, that's what I thought. He was very adamant that I should unscrew the gun from the QD and nothing would happen, like I didn't know what I was talking about. So, in general, is it fairly easy to clip the QD on and off quick enough to not release too much gas or beer? For instance, I...

The only warning I remember on the charger was to not activate the charger while not connected to a keg. I wrote the charger company and asked them the same question. He said that I can unscrew the charger from the QD on the keg and that the pressure will not escape from the keg. I was of the...

Ok, thanks. I read through quite a few pages but this is a loooooong thread!

I'm carbing my first keg. I've had enough of the bottle messes. I opted to get one of those small hand chargers and a picnic tap for the first few kegs before jumping up to a co2 tank. So I primed my batch and kegged it. I connected the gas quick connect and then attached the hand charger to...