First brew West Coast IPA- CO2 gone!

[Nomorebeertax]

Made a festa brew west coast IPA. It was fantastic. However, I ran through my 5lb tank of CO2 when I tried to clean the lines. I just got it refilled this morning. Going to spray and regulation, conversion lines to corney keg. Once the keg got low I was getting mostly foam in my glass. I solved this by turning the PSI down to less than 5. Could this have lost my seal on the keg lid and that is where I might have had my leak?

 

[surffisher2a]

Usually once corny's get a good seal they stay sealed, esp if there is any pressure in the keg. Pressure up your system and spray some starsan from a water bottle on all your connections and see if you can find the leak that way. If you want to check your keg, you can pressurize it to like 20psi and then disconnect the gas line to it. If it still has good pressure in a couple days you know the keg is good.

 

[Nomorebeertax]

So far since 6 hours ago its holding steady at 20psi. Weird. Couldn't find any bubbles

 

[opiate82]

Maybe you just didn't have the reg tight enough on the tank initially?

 

[Nomorebeertax]

I was thinking that too. When I took it off it wasn't that tight. I snugged it really good this time. It has a fixed washer on the regulator. Came with an extra washer but think that goes on the 50l keg connector that I'm not using. Have the Danby keg cooler.

 

[Jphillips13]

I have one corny keg that will bubble around the lid if pressure drops much below 8-9. I haven't tried putting pennies under the feet or bending the arms. It'll hold above 10 with no problem


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[Nomorebeertax]

Would keg o-ring lube help with this?