ScottD64
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Greets All,
I bought a used keg system with CO2 tank and two corny kegs. I replaced all the rings with fresh ones, filled them with 5 gallons of water, hooked up the gas line and brought the keg up to 20 lbs psi, then turned it off at the tank and walked away (gas line still connected). When I checked back a few hours later the regulator gauge was down to 0 psi. So I took it back up to 20 psi, turned off the tank, and the next morning again, back to 0 psi. I tried several variations on this for a while - including removing the line after pressurizing, in case there's an inline leak - and wound up with some great soda water but the keg doesn't seem to hold the pressure. When I pull the release valve after several hours of sitting no air comes out. I can't find any leaks using leak-detector soap, and this evening I submerged the entire keg in the bathtub and pressurized it but didn't see any bubbles. And yet it makes soda water (...shouldn't it have gone flat?) . . . will it make, and hold, carbonated beer?
Thanks for your comments!
I bought a used keg system with CO2 tank and two corny kegs. I replaced all the rings with fresh ones, filled them with 5 gallons of water, hooked up the gas line and brought the keg up to 20 lbs psi, then turned it off at the tank and walked away (gas line still connected). When I checked back a few hours later the regulator gauge was down to 0 psi. So I took it back up to 20 psi, turned off the tank, and the next morning again, back to 0 psi. I tried several variations on this for a while - including removing the line after pressurizing, in case there's an inline leak - and wound up with some great soda water but the keg doesn't seem to hold the pressure. When I pull the release valve after several hours of sitting no air comes out. I can't find any leaks using leak-detector soap, and this evening I submerged the entire keg in the bathtub and pressurized it but didn't see any bubbles. And yet it makes soda water (...shouldn't it have gone flat?) . . . will it make, and hold, carbonated beer?
Thanks for your comments!