puckjer
Well-Known Member
here is my setup: 4 month old Keg Connection dual body regulator, 1 corny keg, 1 sankey tap for commercial keg, 5 lb CO2 tank, 2 perlick faucets with 5 ft of beer line. so i got all this set up in august in my kegerator and got it working perfectly running both kegs at around 10 PSI. the first CO2 tank lasted through about 4, 5 gal kegs. i have checked for leaks at all connections with star san and see no bubbles. i thought that 4 kegs was a little low for a 5 lb cylinder from what i have read but i thought maybe the tank just wasnt filled properly. once the tank ran out i went and swapped for a new one. i have had this one hooked up for 3 weeks. i know the high pressure guage isnt something to really go by but i noticed from the first tank that it normally hangs at the 500 mark just above the red "order gas" section. it did the same when i hooked this one up. well last week i noticed both kegs started pouring really foamy and that has never happened, so i checked for leaks again and nothing. last night i go to pour a beer and it is 80% foam. i look at the tank and the high pressure guage is pegged down to the empty mark and the two guages on my kegs had creeped up to around 18 psi, and i had them set at 10psi. i tried adjusting them back down to 10 psi and it would stay for a second then start creeping up. i noticed the packing nut was loose on each one so i reset to 10psi and then tightened the nut. i bled some pressure off of each keg and they then held at 10psi. i checked it this morning and they are still holding at 10psi but the high pressure guage is at empty. the tank feels a little light but it is hard to tell with the regulator attached. i tested for leaks and still nothing. what would cause the pressure to creep up on each keg like that? could it be that the packing nut was loose even though the set screw position didnt appear to have changed? what else could i do to check for leaks? my corny keg only has about 5 beers left in it and my commercial slim keg is about 3/4 full if that makes any difference. thanks for any assistance