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Here is a picture of the regulator with the valve open and the tank is full. Is 700 psi correct for a new tank?

Also, what is the function of the lock nut on the set screw? Typically, I just loosen or tighten the screw to hit my PSI and don't mess with the lock nut.

So, I've never really paid attention to the reading of the main pressure guage on my 20lb CO2 tank. I took a closer look and noticed that the pin had jumped over the end post. I just popped off the cap and put it back on the correct side and there is a lot of tension on the needle keeping it...

Just wanted to let you know that I brewed the next weekend and the problem went away after putting the tank in a hot water bath. Thanks for all the troubleshooting help!

Thanks...I pretty learned it all on HBT. I moldeled my design off the Brutus 10 and another HBT member that had a great video demonstrating his automation. I forget who it was, but his rig was painted dark red. I tought myself how to weld on this project, too. Good times...

Thanks for all the input. I believe you are correct as I ran the boil kettle burner for 20 min this morning and it worked like normal. Being in Vegas, I don't normally brew in cold weather. Hopefully this won't happen too often. I'll make sure to put the tanks in a water bath if it's cold...

Typo "bit" should have been "not" high pressure. Gotta love the autocorrect on the iPhone.

Just tried it and the ambient temp is probably 50 degrees. I was able to light a burner but it was bit high pressure. Is it possible to still be that cold from 4 hours ago?

@Catt22: That make great sense. So, now that it has been over 4 hours and it should have warmed-up enough to use again. If this is the case...problem solved. I'll let you know.

@pavs: my regulator is plumbed into my single tier which has three burners, same problem for all three. I bought a low pressure burner (waste of time) from Lowes and it pumped the gas, but it wasn't powerful enough. Just can't figure out why it only works for the first gallon of propane from...

Those suckers were on tight. I freaked too b/c I just finished sparging and was starting the boil. I had to wait over an hour to get more propane, hope it didn't mess any thing up.

I'm using a 20psi regulator, as I have always done with my propane tanks. I've had two full tanks and they both stopped working after using about 1 gallon of propane. I had them topped off and they each would only take one gallon. After I got them topped off, they worked with the burners for...

Got a tank off of craigslist. Looks to me in good condition and it's full. Guy said it was CO2, but I don't see any marks. How do I know its not Argon or something else?

No, I haven't tried it before but am looking forward to it. Looking at the other recipes on the BYO page, this had an easier grain bill for a Barleywine. Hopefully the 1.5+ oz will be sufficient. Maybe others can try varying amounts of hops to compare. EDIT: After rereading the article...

On page 39 of the November 2010 Brew Your Own magazine, see the Phillips Brewery Burley Wine clone - 5 gallons. I'm brewing this all-grain and would like to compare to others brewing the same recipe all-grain or extract w/ grains. Here are the recipes: ALL-GRAIN: OG = 1.085 FG = 1.013...

Good idea. Definitely add a recirc coupler up top on the MLT and HLT. You may want to recirc ice water in the HLT thru a plate chiller to cool wort in the future. Don't put the coupler for the probe too high. I have an automated system and almost made that mistake. Make sure it is low enough...