Guvna Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Full CO2 bottle gone in 2 days. Came home yesterday to find all gauges on '0' and no pressure in keg. bugger. Looks like I didn't fully tighten the posts (my bad) in and out as they were able to be further tightened. Hoping that solves it otherwise 2nd bottle will be empty when i get home tonight. Guv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerlust Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Sorry to hear that Guvna. When you hook your next gas bottle up before turning it on, make yourself up a spray bottle with a mix of regular detergent & water. Turn the gas bottle on & spray every connection or fitting from the gas bottle out. Your regulator connections, keg posts, gas-out connectors, beer-out connectors, & any manifolds where connections are. Everything. Any leaks will bubble from those problem areas once sprayed. This is a practice everyone with a home BBQ should do too. Best of luck sorting it out. Lusty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guvna Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 9 minutes ago, Beerlust said: Sorry to hear that Guvna. When you hook your next gas bottle up before turning it on, make yourself up a spray bottle with a mix of regular detergent & water. Turn the gas bottle on & spray every connection or fitting from the gas bottle out. Your regulator connections, keg posts, gas-out connectors, beer-out connectors, & any manifolds where connections are. Everything. Any leaks will bubble from those problem areas once sprayed. This is a practice everyone with a home BBQ should do too. Best of luck sorting it out. Lusty. Thanks Lusty, When I hooked this latest keg up I thought I had done this as per usual practice. (Although empty bottle would suggest not!) Be just my luck to have a hard to find gremlin. i.e bad keg weld or similar Guvna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guvna Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 Pretty sure the fact there was no pressure in the keg suggests the keg itself has an issue somewhere. If the keg was holding and the co2 empty I would think issue lies within in lines and or regulator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Not necessarily. If the leak is in a spot between the keg and a non return valve (such as a disconnect), once the cylinder emptied the pressure in the keg would simply escape through the same leak. Check everything. I probably wouldn't worry about beer out disconnects though, if they were leaking you'd see beer dribbling out. The posts themselves though definitely check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guvna Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 Co2 bottle No2 has stabalized the crisis! tightening of both keg posts may helped . alert level remains on 'high', ...whilst refill $ value has plumeted ... *lesson learned ( *subject to beer consumed when kegging...........lol ) Guvna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 I wouldnt leave it on until you leak test all the joints or your just gonna blow another cylinder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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