evandam
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Ok, so I'm having some foaming issues so I went online and did a little research on balancing a keg system.
My system is using 6' 3/16" tubing which should provide 18PSI resistance and has a vertical from bottom of keg to tap of 3' which should provide another 1.5PSI. I'm not sure about the shank, so we will leave that out for now. You also need to add 1PSI for every 2000' above sea level, which im about 600' so we will say 0.25PSI. That comes out to 19.75PSI, but to get my 2.6 Volumes of Co2 in my beer at 43deg I need 15PSI. The result is a 4.75PSI pressure difference and A LOT of foam. So I'm thinking to fix this I need to reduce my line length to 4'5" which should give me closer to 15PSI resistance.
The question is, does this sound right? Is it going to fix my foam problem? Does the shank add any appreciable resistance?
Thanks
My system is using 6' 3/16" tubing which should provide 18PSI resistance and has a vertical from bottom of keg to tap of 3' which should provide another 1.5PSI. I'm not sure about the shank, so we will leave that out for now. You also need to add 1PSI for every 2000' above sea level, which im about 600' so we will say 0.25PSI. That comes out to 19.75PSI, but to get my 2.6 Volumes of Co2 in my beer at 43deg I need 15PSI. The result is a 4.75PSI pressure difference and A LOT of foam. So I'm thinking to fix this I need to reduce my line length to 4'5" which should give me closer to 15PSI resistance.
The question is, does this sound right? Is it going to fix my foam problem? Does the shank add any appreciable resistance?
Thanks