Closed transfer to smaller keg

[Draft Master Flash]

Was the fermenter sitting well above the keg?

Was the beer going from fermenter to the "In" connect on the keg? I don't have the experience of other posters here but I fill the keg on the "Out" post so it fills from the bottom of the keg through the long dip tube. I don't have anything on the keg's "IN" post while filling. As it starts filling I open the PRV.

I may just have misunderstood your post. If so, I'm sorry for the delay in getting a better answer.

The fermenter was about 4 feet abouve the keg and the fermenter spigot line ran about 4 feet and was plugged into the liquid "OUT" post on keg. All in all it should of worked but didn't.

DMF

 

[Oldskewl]

Did you have loose hops in the fermenter? They can clog up the posts. I had alot of problems with a recent Denny's Rye IPA I dry hopped and attempted to do a closed transfer. Helps if you have a racking arm in your fermenter you can rotate to stay above the hops and yeast also. I should have cold crashed to compact the yeast and hops. I didn't!

 

[Draft Master Flash]

Did you have loose hops in the fermenter? They can clog up the posts. I had alot of problems with a recent Denny's Rye IPA I dry hopped and attempted to do a closed transfer. Helps if you have a racking arm in your fermenter you can rotate to stay above the hops and yeast also. I should have cold crashed to compact the yeast and hops. I didn't!

No loose hops. Beer was pretty clear actually. What should of worked just didn't. Guess I'll just stick to the old fashion way for now. At least until I feel like trying again.

DMF

 

[LostHopper]

DMF: you mention a hose into a bucket of starsan.
>>>On the gas "OUT" on keg I attached a hose going to a bucket of Starsan. As shown here,<<
How far was the hose submerged into the starstan? Was it a 5 gal bucket?

I wonder if the 2 psi was not sufficient to push the displaced keg gas into and out of the vent hose into the starsan especially if it was submerged over an inch or so.
I probably would have removed the disconnect to the hose/starsan bucket and just opened the PRV to see if it would start running again.