TheZymurgist
Well-Known Member
Any help would be appreciated. I came home last night to an unpressurized keg, and an empty CO2 tank, so I need to figure out what went wrong, and what I can do to fix it.
I ordered the kegs online back in early December, and they came pressurized. The day before kegging (this past weekend), I checked the pressure-relief valve and they were still pressurized. I took one of them them apart, and the keg appeared to have new o-rings, which they should according to the company I bought them from. I compared them with a new set I have and they looked identical. No cracks or issues that I could see. I cleaned everything, filled it with Starsan, attached both the gas and liquid lines (with a picnic faucet) and pressurized it. It seemed to be holding pressure fine, so I let it sit pressurized over night.
The next day, I opened the faucet to empty the Starsan, and had no issues. I racked the beer into the keg, sanitized the lid and o-ring, and pressurized. When I first hit it with CO2, it was leaking out of the lid, so I opened it to re-seat it, and the leak stopped as far as I could tell. The following evening, no pressure, empty CO2 bottle, a very small amount of beer in the liquid line.
So how do I figure out where the leak is? As far as I know it could be anywhere from the regulator to the faucet. My biggest concern now is the possibility of oxygenation since there's no pressure, but hopefully there's just enough to not let anything in.
Thanks!
I ordered the kegs online back in early December, and they came pressurized. The day before kegging (this past weekend), I checked the pressure-relief valve and they were still pressurized. I took one of them them apart, and the keg appeared to have new o-rings, which they should according to the company I bought them from. I compared them with a new set I have and they looked identical. No cracks or issues that I could see. I cleaned everything, filled it with Starsan, attached both the gas and liquid lines (with a picnic faucet) and pressurized it. It seemed to be holding pressure fine, so I let it sit pressurized over night.
The next day, I opened the faucet to empty the Starsan, and had no issues. I racked the beer into the keg, sanitized the lid and o-ring, and pressurized. When I first hit it with CO2, it was leaking out of the lid, so I opened it to re-seat it, and the leak stopped as far as I could tell. The following evening, no pressure, empty CO2 bottle, a very small amount of beer in the liquid line.
So how do I figure out where the leak is? As far as I know it could be anywhere from the regulator to the faucet. My biggest concern now is the possibility of oxygenation since there's no pressure, but hopefully there's just enough to not let anything in.
Thanks!