New to kegging

[Framnk]

Hi, I'm attempting kegging for the first time and after transferring my beer to a corny for the first time, I see a tiny bit of brew at the top of the beer out side coming from the poppit. It doesn't appear to be leaking other than that. When I got the kegs I replaced the original gaskets with a new set from the brew store, but the replacement gaskets weren't identical to the ones on the dip tubes, possibly they were a bit thinner. Could this mean I need to double up on the dip tube gaskets? If I don't see more leaking is this just 'normal' as the keg adjusts to pressure after replacing all the parts?

Thanks!

 

[enohcs]

It happens to me sometimes. If it's slowly leaking I tap the popit with a screwdriver a few times to get it back into place. Don't press the popit unless you want to clean your beer off thus walls of your kegorator.

 

[blackbear219]

Did you lube up the new rings?

 

[Framnk]

Yeah I lubed up the new rings, although I wasn't sure the best way to do it yet. I just rubbed some on with my (clean) fingers

 

[New2Brewing3]

Are the kegs ball lock or pin lock? I think the oring set is a little different for the two different ones. It may be nothing, I get a little sometimes on mine. Just a little leaks out before the popit seals back up. Did you connect to force carbonate, or did this happen without hooking up any connections?

 

[Framnk]

They are ball lock kegs, I bought the o-rings along with the kegs so I hoped they would have given me the right set at my local home brew store ( who knows). I am using the keg as a secondary so I just hooked it up to purge the O2 after transferring from my primary. I left it a bit pressurized after purging (5 psi) and disconnected.

As an update I wiped off the bit of brew I noticed from the poppit and no more has appeared after several hours so maybe it was just the poppit seating itself since I disassembled it?

 

[day_trippr]

They are ball lock kegs, I bought the o-rings along with the kegs so I hoped they would have given me the right set at my local home brew store ( who knows). I am using the keg as a secondary so I just hooked it up to purge the O2 after transferring from my primary. I left it a bit pressurized after purging (5 psi) and disconnected.

As an update I wiped off the bit of brew I noticed from the poppit and no more has appeared after several hours so maybe it was just the poppit seating itself since I disassembled it?

Pretty sure the post and tube o-rings are interchangeable between ball locks and pin locks.

Leaky poppets can happen without disassembly/reassembly - just removing a beer QD can sometimes leave a dribbly poppet. When that happens I release the head space pressure (ball lock lid relief valve) then "snap" the poppet once or twice by pressing it down just a little and letting it pop back into place. Never fails to get the li'l bastids to seat nice and tight...

Cheers!

 

[Framnk]

Thanks for all the helpful advice. Still nervous about kegging for the first time, but excited as hell after reading about all the benefits!