I know that the disconnect presses a valve on the keg posts, but do they themselves contain valves? In other words, if you take your gas disconnect off of a keg, will co2 come pouring out of the disconnect/gas line if you don't shut off flow at the bottle/regulator?
Do ball lock disconnects contain valves?
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Yes. The pin inside the disconnect that actuates the poppet on the keg is also spring loaded.
The slotted alter colored circular bit on the back side of the disconnect actually screws out to allow cleaning and servicing of the disconnect.
The slotted alter colored circular bit on the back side of the disconnect actually screws out to allow cleaning and servicing of the disconnect.
The shut off is very nice if you ever have to take the disconnect off. I have all of mine set up with flare fittings.
The shut offs many times have check valves in them, which is a nice safeguard.
springer
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Also if either the ball lock or the line fails you don't need to shut the entire system off. That would be 5 lines in case .
shortyjacobs
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Also, I set my reg pressure with the shut off closed, as it's easier that way. So, close valve, set pressure, open valve. Easier than disconnecting the keg to do.
When I go out of town I turn off the valves coming off my regulator. this way if a keg seal decides to spontaneously fail, or something starts pushing on a tap, I won't drain the CO2 cylinder and hopefully won't empty a full keg of beer.
not a necessity, but they are handy.
not a necessity, but they are handy.
