kombat
Well-Known Member
Hi guys,
I'm in the middle of my first effort at carbonating a beer with a CO2 tank and corny keg. I racked to the keg last Sunday and connected the gas. I dialed the regulator until the guage read 10 psi, then left it.
I've been checking it twice a day (morning and night), and I'm finding that I have to occassionally adjust the regulator. Sometimes the guage says the pressure has crept up to 15 psi, so I have to dial it back and purge back down to 10 psi. Other times, the guage says the pressure has slipped to 5 psi, and I have to open the regulator until it gets back up to 10 psi.
Is this normal, or do I probably have a leak somewhere? Are you guys normally able to just set it at 10 psi on day one, then leave it alone for the entire week while it carbonates, without ever having to adjust anything?
I'm in the middle of my first effort at carbonating a beer with a CO2 tank and corny keg. I racked to the keg last Sunday and connected the gas. I dialed the regulator until the guage read 10 psi, then left it.
I've been checking it twice a day (morning and night), and I'm finding that I have to occassionally adjust the regulator. Sometimes the guage says the pressure has crept up to 15 psi, so I have to dial it back and purge back down to 10 psi. Other times, the guage says the pressure has slipped to 5 psi, and I have to open the regulator until it gets back up to 10 psi.
Is this normal, or do I probably have a leak somewhere? Are you guys normally able to just set it at 10 psi on day one, then leave it alone for the entire week while it carbonates, without ever having to adjust anything?