Clogged Keg?

[Kaerous]

I kegged my first batch last weekend. I force carbonated, hooked everything up, and when I went to serve, the beer barely came out of the picnic faucet. After a minute it totally stopped. my first thought was the outlet tube was clogged with sediment, so I attached the inlet tubing to the outlet and blew a few pounds of pressure through. It was still clogged. I repeated this a few times and finally got full flow.

My question is, was the keg clogged as I thought? If so, did I do the right thing, or is there a better solution? The gas QD didn't fit well on the outlet, and I'm afraid I'll damage it of this happens again.

Thanks in advance for any input.

 

[JuanMoore]

Yes, it was clogged. Blowing gas in through the out diptube is fine, but you should put the gas line on a liquid QD to do it instead of trying to force the gas QD onto the liquid post. Just as you suspected, it can easily damage the QD putting it on the wrong post fitting. Another way to clear the clog is to simply remove the post fitting, poppet, and diptube, and clean them out.

 

[Kaerous]

So I found the search feature on my phone for sub forums, and I think u answered my question. I'll have to let the leg sit longer in the future I think.

 

[JohnnyO]

They are different sizes. I once removed the output spear to clear a clog.

 

[twalte]

Is this a new keg or a used keg?

If it was used, did you disassemble the keg and inspect the poppets?

The reason that I ask is that I had the same problem last weekend. When I took the keg apart, I noticed that the poppet was different than what I normally see...seems it was a quick fix by the last owner using the wrong poppet which was a much larger and stronger spring.

I re-assembled with the incorrect poppet and proceeded with ordering spare parts (fortunately). When I tried to connect the tap to the keg, I think the combination of the stronger spring and the higher pressure in the get (30 psi) was too much for the disconnect and it would not pour.

Replaced the poppet on Sunday and all is good again.

This is what the poppet should look like
http://stores.kegconnection.com/Detail.bok?no=488

This is what was installed
http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/universal-poppet-valve.html

 

[JuanMoore]

Is this a new keg or a used keg?

If it was used, did you disassemble the keg and inspect the poppets?

The reason that I ask is that I had the same problem last weekend. When I took the keg apart, I noticed that the poppet was different than what I normally see...seems it was a quick fix by the last owner using the wrong poppet which was a much larger and stronger spring.

I re-assembled with the incorrect poppet and proceeded with ordering spare parts (fortunately). When I tried to connect the tap to the keg, I think the combination of the stronger spring and the higher pressure in the get (30 psi) was too much for the disconnect and it would not pour.

Replaced the poppet on Sunday and all is good again.

This is what the poppet should look like
http://stores.kegconnection.com/Detail.bok?no=488

This is what was installed
http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/universal-poppet-valve.html

If it were the poppet he wouldn't have gotten full flow after blowing the diptube out. There are several types of poppets that go with the various post and keg designs. The universal poppets you linked work for any type of keg, but the spring needs to be trimmed to the proper length for the particular keg type first, which many people don't realize. Sounds like whoever put the universal poppet in your keg didn't trim it.