C02 Leak

[FarsideOfCrazy]

Hi all,

I have a C02 leak somewhere and can't find it with the spray bottle with detergent in it.

When I turn off the gas and I have the disconnect disconnected, the gas leaks out after about 1hr. The high pressure gauge drops to zero but the low pressure will hold pressure for about 2 days. I have 1 disconnect with a one way valve.

I'm thinking that it might be the washer between the reg and the tank valve.

Anyone else had this before?

Cheers.
Farside

 

[Frank]

I have had a leak at the reg thread before. My reg is cheapish and even with double washers it leaked, I end up putting a bit of thread tape on the bottle. It took me ages to find it, I end up filling the kitchen sink with water and inverted my bottle and reg into it.

 

[Sammus]

yep I've had a leak there before too. Also once on the 'face' of the reg, where it unscrews to replace the seals etc - at least where a micromatic unscrews.

 

[FarsideOfCrazy]

I have had a leak at the reg thread before. My reg is cheapish and even with double washers it leaked, I end up putting a bit of thread tape on the bottle. It took me ages to find it, I end up filling the kitchen sink with water and inverted my bottle and reg into it.

Thanks for that Boston. I would have thought that submerging the whole reg would damage the gauges. I have a micromatic reg and don't fancy stuffing the gauges.

 

[FarsideOfCrazy]

yep I've had a leak there before too. Also once on the 'face' of the reg, where it unscrews to replace the seals etc - at least where a micromatic unscrews.

Hey Sammus, what exactly do mean by 'the face' of the reg? Do you mean where the actual numbers are behind the clear plastic?

 

[gruntus]

I recently had a leak on the threaded part of the C02 disconnect.....found it by putting the all the C02 lines in a bucket of water.

 

[Batz]

Hey Sammus, what exactly do mean by 'the face' of the reg? Do you mean where the actual numbers are behind the clear plastic?

I think he might be referring to these

http://www.gryphonbrewing.com.au/store/pro...products_id=281

They seal between your bottle and reg. look inside the nut. I replace these ever couple of times I remove my reg. only the white ones are worth using as well, red ones are for sump plugs.

Batz

 

[FarsideOfCrazy]

I think he might be referring to these

http://www.gryphonbrewing.com.au/store/pro...products_id=281

They seal between your bottle and reg. look inside the nut. I replace these ever couple of times I remove my reg. only the white ones are worth using as well, red ones are for sump plugs.

Batz

Thanks Batz.

 

[Leigh]

After much arsing about, I found my unconnected quick disconnects are the source of my CO2 leaks. Keeping them connected to kegs stops the CO2 from escaping!

Next order for bits and bobs I put in will include isolation taps for each gas line to stop this from happening.

 

[cdbrown]

That's wierd - I'd also be looking at servicing those disconnects as they *shouldn't* leak.

 

[Leigh]

That's wierd - I'd also be looking at servicing those disconnects as they *shouldn't* leak.

They've leaked since I've had them (bought new)...went through 3 sodastream bottles before I figured out where the system was leaking. Maybe there was a faulty batch? Anybody else had issues with the gas disconnects?

 

[michaelcocks]

Thanks Batz.

that is scary because I do that too ... I assumed if they are not connected they are sealed !!!