Good evening everyone. I kegged my first beer tonight night. Once all the beer was into the keg I hit it with 30 psi and sat it in my refrigerator which is set to 40. I tried to set the regulator to 10 psi but it wouldn't go any lower than 30 psi. Is this because some of the co2 needs to be absorbed into the beer before the pressure Gauge will read any lower or do I have a faulty gauge?
Kegged my first beer, question.
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CBMbrewer
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it sounds like you need to purge the gauge. There should be a little pin on the side. pull that to reset the needle to what the pressure actually is.
Are you going to turn down the psi after a couple of days? 30psi at 40f will turn your beer into nothing but foam.
Are you going to turn down the psi after a couple of days? 30psi at 40f will turn your beer into nothing but foam.
The CO2 needs to be absorbed. Your gauge is letting you know the pressure after the regulator. If you want to check your reg, unhook the gas line from the keg and quickly hit the purge valve on your reg. you should get the pressure.
masteraviator
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Patient must you be paduan. Turn down the regulator. Let the CO2 be absorbed. Pressure gauge will go down. Might take a day.
Ok , here's what I did and why I'm confused. I disconnect the gas line from the keg, turned off gas valve, bleeding pressure till both gauge read 0. Turned gas back on and opened gas line ( still not connected to keg. ) turned the pressure screw down until it nearly came out of the regulator and the pressure just slowly keep creeping up.
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JuanMoore
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It was creeping up because you don't have a decent check valve in the gas line, so it was reading the pressure in the headspace of the keg, not the pressure it's applying.
