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lazarus0530

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Hey guys and gals
Im having a problem holding co2 in my kegs.
I have changed all gaskets and checked all my connections on my hoses over and over with soap solution.
My beer is getting carbed but my co2 tank seems like its losing a lot.
 
carbing beer uses a decent amount of CO2. Are you using a small 5 lb tank? Have you had to fill it a few times? The 5 lb tanks can go somewhat quickly from what i hear, i have a 20 lb tank. Also you may consider pulling the gas line after you carb, the beer will stay carbbed enough to serve from, no need to keep the gas hooked up, you will want to burst it a few times though out the life of the keg if the pour slows but other than that you should be good, i have had good luck with this method.
 
drawdy10 said:
carbing beer uses a decent amount of CO2. Are you using a small 5 lb tank? Have you had to fill it a few times? The 5 lb tanks can go somewhat quickly from what i hear, i have a 20 lb tank. Also you may consider pulling the gas line after you carb, the beer will stay carbbed enough to serve from, no need to keep the gas hooked up, you will want to burst it a few times though out the life of the keg if the pour slows but other than that you should be good, i have had good luck with this method.

I have a 10lb ...I'll turn it off after it carbs up...Thanx!
 
Are you going off of a gauge reading? If you are, that things fairly useless especially if your tank is in your keezer/kegorator. The co2 bottle itself will have a lower pressure when it's cold compared to room temp.
 
I have a 5# tank serving both of my kegs. I get at least 5 kegs out of one tank, and that is setting it at 12 psi continuously. I have mine inside the kegerator and even a full tank reads nearly in the red zone....if you are just going off the gauge that could be it
 
I have a 5# tank serving both of my kegs. I get at least 5 kegs out of one tank, and that is setting it at 12 psi continuously. I have mine inside the kegerator and even a full tank reads nearly in the red zone....if you are just going off the gauge that could be it

+1
I have a 4# tank that's the same way.
 
My first thought is, are you pressurizing your kegs to 30 psi to seat the lid? Sometimes they don't seal at 12 psi.

I would suggest you find the leak and fix it, so you can keep positive pressure on your system if you use it regularly. I use Star San in a spray bottle to leak check, it bubbles well and I find it to be less of a PIA to clean up.

I would pressurize your system minus the keg, note the outlet pressure (your low side pressure 30-45 psi is good) then turn the cylinder off. Check the gauge in a few hours, if it has dropped you have a leak in your supply circuit.

If your supply checks out, take an empty keg attach to the system and replete the same process as above. If your pressure drops its is a keg or keg connection problem
 
bad67z said:
My first thought is, are you pressurizing your kegs to 30 psi to seat the lid? Sometimes they don't seal at 12 psi.

I would suggest you find the leak and fix it, so you can keep positive pressure on your system if you use it regularly. I use Star San in a spray bottle to leak check, it bubbles well and I find it to be less of a PIA to clean up.

I would pressurize your system minus the keg, note the outlet pressure (your low side pressure 30-45 psi is good) then turn the cylinder off. Check the gauge in a few hours, if it has dropped you have a leak in your supply circuit.

If your supply checks out, take an empty keg attach to the system and replete the same process as above. If your pressure drops its is a keg or keg connection problem

I'm doing that now. Thank you so much.
 
bad67z said:
Let us know how it turns out.

I sure will...I sprayed the damn thing down like crazy yesterday. No bubbles. When I get my co2 it's at about 800 psi it drops to 600psi to carb my beer. Is that right?
 
I sure will...I sprayed the damn thing down like crazy yesterday. No bubbles. When I get my co2 it's at about 800 psi it drops to 600psi to carb my beer. Is that right?

Do you have Co2 cylinder in your kegorator/keezer? I'm guessing you do. The pressure will drop due to the lower temp. Looking @ this chart you will see what I'm talking about.

Co2 is put in the cylinder in a liquid state and as the pressure lowers the liquid boils off and more gas takes up the "void". The only way to tell how much renaming Co2 you have is weigh the cylinder and subtract the weight of the cylinder. The empty weight is stamped next to the "TW" (tare weight) on the cylinder.

co2-tare.jpg
 
bad67z said:
Do you have Co2 cylinder in your kegorator/keezer? I'm guessing you do. The pressure will drop due to the lower temp. Looking @ this chart you will see what I'm talking about.

Co2 is put in the cylinder in a liquid state and as the pressure lowers the liquid boils off and more gas takes up the "void". The only way to tell how much renaming Co2 you have is weigh the cylinder and subtract the weight of the cylinder. The empty weight is stamped next to the "TW" (tare weight) on the cylinder.

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Oh wow ..yes mine is in the keezer
 
bad67z said:
Sorry I missed that from the get go, but I'm betting you don't have a leak. Your keezer is probably around 41-45 deg F.

Yes it is exactly. I got home late tonight. And checked my gauge .. I turned it off last night. It was at 600 psi when I turned it off. Now it's at about 500psi almost 24 hours . I've checked every connection .
 
Yes it is exactly. I got home late tonight. And checked my gauge .. I turned it off last night. It was at 600 psi when I turned it off. Now it's at about 500psi almost 24 hours . I've checked every connection .


If I understand you correctly, that is a relatively small leak, if you only lost 100 psi of gas from the volume of your system that is not much. If your kegs are still connected you could disconnect them and try the same test. I thinking the beer could have absorbed the Co2
 
bad67z said:
If I understand you correctly, that is a relatively small leak, if you only lost 100 psi of gas from the volume of your system that is not much. If your kegs are still connected you could disconnect them and try the same test. I thinking the beer could have absorbed the Co2

The beer is perfectly carbed... I'll take a pic when I get home from work
 
I've had people complain about being out of gas when in fact it is just frozen (well same effect anyway) you might take the bottle out of the kegerator and let it sit for a number of hours. after it warms up, if that is the problem... you'll have plenty of gas again. you may have solved the problem with ^ but figured i'd throw this out there just in case you're still having problems
 
fletchsj said:
I've had people complain about being out of gas when in fact it is just frozen (well same effect anyway) you might take the bottle out of the kegerator and let it sit for a number of hours. after it warms up, if that is the problem... you'll have plenty of gas again. you may have solved the problem with ^ but figured i'd throw this out there just in case you're still having problems

I'll try that
 
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