thedrunkenirishman
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Frustrated as all get out
Purchased a kegerator with a 5# Co2 tank refitted the thing from a 1 tap tower to a 3 tap tower purchased a 3 way manifold refitted 2 of the 3 lines to hold homebrew (bought 2 ball lock cornies) with ball lock connectors and kept 1 line for commercial craft brew. Everything (including the tank) sits inside the cooler. The regulator is a single gauge model, so Im not able to monitor how much is left in the tank.
Currently have all 3 taps going with a homebrew cider on #1, homebrew IPA on #2, and Magic Hat #9 on #3.
So here we go tank came with some Co2 left in it attached everything up (at that time, just the IPA) and line is working fine, but a week later the tank dies out. Odd I thought, but perhaps I just didnt have a lot left. Off to refill and reattach with a full tank and this time I buy the Magic Hat and have the cider ready .So all 3 lines up and running with a fully filled tank and the tank dies a week and a half later
Obviously, I must have a leak every person I know from Co2 guy to homebrew friends say I need to soap the lines w/ a solution of ½ dish soap - ½ water and look for bubble beading, so I fill up the tank and soap all the air lines think I found an issue right at the regulator / tank connection area (tightened, rechecked, and good), but no issues to manifold or coming out of manifold .you know where this is going, right?
I have another 1.5 2 solid weeks of tap pouring goodness The only issue is that my IPA is no over carbed with all of the air checking and Ive turned off that line and have been burping the keg to get that under control This morning I was planning on trying the IPA again I goto turn the air on to the keg and hear nothing check the regulator and no pressure to the system
So Ive gone through 2.5 freaking tanks of Co2 in roughly a month at this point. There is no obvious leak and wherever the leak is I cant freaking find it but it must be there.
What else can I tell you? The ID of the air lines are 1/4 and they run pretty long. For the homebrew lines, I have a barb to threaded connection (1/4) so I can easily swap gas / beverage ball locks for force carbing as needed. Beverage lines are 3/16. Magic Hat uses a Domestic Sankey coupler soaped air line to Sankey and didnt see any issues.
Im so freaking frustrated at this point Anyone have any pointers / tips to check system? Are there professionals I can reach out to locally that can check my system properly and find the error? Bonus points if you know someone in the Hartford, CT area
Purchased a kegerator with a 5# Co2 tank refitted the thing from a 1 tap tower to a 3 tap tower purchased a 3 way manifold refitted 2 of the 3 lines to hold homebrew (bought 2 ball lock cornies) with ball lock connectors and kept 1 line for commercial craft brew. Everything (including the tank) sits inside the cooler. The regulator is a single gauge model, so Im not able to monitor how much is left in the tank.
Currently have all 3 taps going with a homebrew cider on #1, homebrew IPA on #2, and Magic Hat #9 on #3.
So here we go tank came with some Co2 left in it attached everything up (at that time, just the IPA) and line is working fine, but a week later the tank dies out. Odd I thought, but perhaps I just didnt have a lot left. Off to refill and reattach with a full tank and this time I buy the Magic Hat and have the cider ready .So all 3 lines up and running with a fully filled tank and the tank dies a week and a half later
Obviously, I must have a leak every person I know from Co2 guy to homebrew friends say I need to soap the lines w/ a solution of ½ dish soap - ½ water and look for bubble beading, so I fill up the tank and soap all the air lines think I found an issue right at the regulator / tank connection area (tightened, rechecked, and good), but no issues to manifold or coming out of manifold .you know where this is going, right?
I have another 1.5 2 solid weeks of tap pouring goodness The only issue is that my IPA is no over carbed with all of the air checking and Ive turned off that line and have been burping the keg to get that under control This morning I was planning on trying the IPA again I goto turn the air on to the keg and hear nothing check the regulator and no pressure to the system
So Ive gone through 2.5 freaking tanks of Co2 in roughly a month at this point. There is no obvious leak and wherever the leak is I cant freaking find it but it must be there.
What else can I tell you? The ID of the air lines are 1/4 and they run pretty long. For the homebrew lines, I have a barb to threaded connection (1/4) so I can easily swap gas / beverage ball locks for force carbing as needed. Beverage lines are 3/16. Magic Hat uses a Domestic Sankey coupler soaped air line to Sankey and didnt see any issues.
Im so freaking frustrated at this point Anyone have any pointers / tips to check system? Are there professionals I can reach out to locally that can check my system properly and find the error? Bonus points if you know someone in the Hartford, CT area