Regulator issues

[tontomudder]

New to kegging, having trouble holding 10 psi. It keeps raising to 40-50 range even with adjustment valve turned all the way down. It's brand new and and does not seem to be obstructed?

 

[day_trippr]

Sadly, the forum has way too many reports of defective regs fresh out of the box.

One thing you can try: remove any tubing connected to the reg, close the tank valve, if the reg has an output shutoff valve open it fully, crank the regulator pressure wide open, get a good grip on the reg/tank assembly, and open the tank valve to produce a couple of good short blasts. If there was machining debris caught in the reg valve seat that ought to clear it...

Cheers!

 

[tontomudder]

I'm thinking it's defective, I tried blasting to clear debris just in case that was the problem but didn't help. Thank you