No gas getting into keg

[Shoopdog]

Ok...I am new to this kegging thing. I siphoned the beer into the keg from the secondary with intentions to force carb over the next 5-7 days. The tank was filled today...the regulator is working fine...and yes I have a gray gas disconnect attached to the "In" side of the keg. No gas is getting into the keg. The pin inside the disconnect can be pressed and gas will flow. Is it possible the poppit is too weak to press the pin inside the disconnect to allow the gas to flow? The pin is very firm. What to do? The keg is in the refrigerator. Will it be alright to leave it as is until I can replace the poppits?

 

[clayof2day]

How do you know no gas is getting into the keg? If you shake it you should be able to hear gas entering the keg. I think that the pin in the disconnect is supposed to be rigid and it pushes down on the poppit to allow CO2 into the keg, bu tI'm not sure on that one.

 

[Shoopdog]

I shook it, no gas noises...and even put the gas line on the "Out" port to see if I could get bubbles...nothing. It is either the poppit, or user error.

 

[Yuri_Rage]

I hate to ask the obvious, but to what pressure is your regulator set?

 

[Bernie Brewer]

I hate to ask the other obvious, but is the little red shutoff valve open or closed?

Edit- and did you turn the valve open at the gas bottle?

 

[Shoopdog]

Obvious, but certainly necessary....on all accounts yes, the bottle's valve is on and the regulator shutoff is on. The pressure was set to 10 psi to purge the airspace, nothing...cranked up to 30 psi with no gas entering the keg. I don't get it.

 

[rdwj]

Switch the poppits and see if you have the same problem

 

[Shoopdog]

I actually tried to hook up to the liquid side to see if I could generate some bubbling...no dice.

 

[rdwj]

No - actually remove the poppits from the assembly and switch them. If neither one works, the problem is most likely not the poppits

 

[Shoopdog]

Duhhhhhh...I took apart the posts, dip tube, gas tube, etc. to sanitize, but switched the posts. Apparently, that makes a big difference. Everything is working fine now. Thanks rdwj for pointing me in the right direction to figure out my mess.

Hopefully all that messing around didn't contaminate the batch, that would be depressing after finally getting everything right.

 

[rdwj]

Ya, the posts have slightly different size holes. Glad you figured it out