I've used my Cannular filler in three canning sessions now and I'm having trouble getting it configured such that it doesn't have quite a lot of overflow during the fill process, so I wanted to see if others are using it and have any tips that might help.
Could be my settings, could be I still have too much foaming, or, if having a fair amount of foam overflow is to be expected, at least I'll know I'm not doing it wrong. I just get the sense that with some tweaking it could be a lot better.
For background, I did the calibration steps per the Kegland video and instructions (both the manual and the instructions on the device itself), i.e., I made a 100 mm mark on the gas post, filled a glass of water to that mark, let the pressure stabilize as much as it seemed it was going to, and hit the calibrate button. The video vs. the instructions are inconsistent as to whether or not you should have the liquid post in the glass when doing this, but that probably doesn't make a huge difference. In my latest calibration I had the liquid post in the glass.
For reference, here are the settings from the Rapt portal:
For the fill height I've tried everything from 120 - 150 ml and in terms of getting the can filled all the way to the top and avoiding the dreaded "fill stopped due to lack of progress" error that happens for me on lower fill heights, this seems to be the sweet spot.
But, here's a video of what that looks like in terms of overflow (no audio, sorry about that):
The overflow is basically all foam. When I set the fill height to 140 or 150 mm I start to see actual beer overflowing.
But that still seems like a lot of overflow to me. When I manually fill a glass through the can filler, once the lines are cold it isn't an excessive amount of foam; it just looks like a good pour with what I'd consider a standard amount of head.
What I was going to try next was fill a keg with plain water and see if I can even get the thing to fill a can with water to the top with minimal overflow, because as of now when filling with beer I either have to accept the amount of overflow demonstrated in the video, or get a fill that either errors out or doesn't fill the can enough.
And while I'm complaining, I also find it pretty infuriating that this hose slips forward and eventually pops off (with the catastrophic wall spraying you might imagine) while you're filling cans.
If anyone has solved that issue with a particular small clamp that fits in that tight space or via other methods it'd be great to hear about that as well.
That's probably WAY too much information!
I'd appreciate any troubleshooting tips anyone might have or hearing what experiences in general people have had with this filler.
Thanks!
Could be my settings, could be I still have too much foaming, or, if having a fair amount of foam overflow is to be expected, at least I'll know I'm not doing it wrong. I just get the sense that with some tweaking it could be a lot better.
For background, I did the calibration steps per the Kegland video and instructions (both the manual and the instructions on the device itself), i.e., I made a 100 mm mark on the gas post, filled a glass of water to that mark, let the pressure stabilize as much as it seemed it was going to, and hit the calibrate button. The video vs. the instructions are inconsistent as to whether or not you should have the liquid post in the glass when doing this, but that probably doesn't make a huge difference. In my latest calibration I had the liquid post in the glass.
For reference, here are the settings from the Rapt portal:
- Empty Pressure: -0.014718762598931788
- Calibration Factor: 0.0108580831438303
- Min Fill Rate: 0
- Fill Timeout: 0
- Temperature Offset: 0
- Purge time (seconds): 3
- Wait time (seconds): 0.20000000298023224
- Fill Height (millimeters): 130
For the fill height I've tried everything from 120 - 150 ml and in terms of getting the can filled all the way to the top and avoiding the dreaded "fill stopped due to lack of progress" error that happens for me on lower fill heights, this seems to be the sweet spot.
But, here's a video of what that looks like in terms of overflow (no audio, sorry about that):
The overflow is basically all foam. When I set the fill height to 140 or 150 mm I start to see actual beer overflowing.
But that still seems like a lot of overflow to me. When I manually fill a glass through the can filler, once the lines are cold it isn't an excessive amount of foam; it just looks like a good pour with what I'd consider a standard amount of head.
What I was going to try next was fill a keg with plain water and see if I can even get the thing to fill a can with water to the top with minimal overflow, because as of now when filling with beer I either have to accept the amount of overflow demonstrated in the video, or get a fill that either errors out or doesn't fill the can enough.
And while I'm complaining, I also find it pretty infuriating that this hose slips forward and eventually pops off (with the catastrophic wall spraying you might imagine) while you're filling cans.
If anyone has solved that issue with a particular small clamp that fits in that tight space or via other methods it'd be great to hear about that as well.
That's probably WAY too much information!
I'd appreciate any troubleshooting tips anyone might have or hearing what experiences in general people have had with this filler.Thanks!
