Hi to all.
So, I inherited a keggerator system from a friend and it had a ton of great stuff already for set up. I pressure-tested the keg I was to use, sanitized it and put beer in it. I bought new gas lines (1/4 inch) about 4 feet long for the gas ball lock fitting(barbed) and put dog-ear clamps on them. I also bought new 3/16 inch hose for the beer line and hooked it up to a new beer ball lock MLF fitting using Oetiker clamps. The distance from the center of the keg to the bottom of the tap is 17 inches and calculates out to only 3 feet of 3/16 inch hose. I ignored this and doubled the length to 6 feet of hose thinking if it was too long I could always cut it down. The serving pressure of the ESB I have on tap is 9psi which is more than what an ESB calls for but I think it is still ok. The problem I am having is, I get air bubbles in my beer line. No matter how long it runs, I see small bubbles coming from the "beer out" side. I figure if I had a leak I'd see beer coming out, but I don't and it doesn't seem to be coming from any fitting. Could it be the pick up tube on the inside of the beer out side or what am I missing? I've tried to keep them out a number of ways but they just keep coming back.... Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Joe
So, I inherited a keggerator system from a friend and it had a ton of great stuff already for set up. I pressure-tested the keg I was to use, sanitized it and put beer in it. I bought new gas lines (1/4 inch) about 4 feet long for the gas ball lock fitting(barbed) and put dog-ear clamps on them. I also bought new 3/16 inch hose for the beer line and hooked it up to a new beer ball lock MLF fitting using Oetiker clamps. The distance from the center of the keg to the bottom of the tap is 17 inches and calculates out to only 3 feet of 3/16 inch hose. I ignored this and doubled the length to 6 feet of hose thinking if it was too long I could always cut it down. The serving pressure of the ESB I have on tap is 9psi which is more than what an ESB calls for but I think it is still ok. The problem I am having is, I get air bubbles in my beer line. No matter how long it runs, I see small bubbles coming from the "beer out" side. I figure if I had a leak I'd see beer coming out, but I don't and it doesn't seem to be coming from any fitting. Could it be the pick up tube on the inside of the beer out side or what am I missing? I've tried to keep them out a number of ways but they just keep coming back.... Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Joe