Hi all,
I've bought a keg king kegerator and set it up with the standard equipment in the bundle and after a few days, my CO2 bottle was empty. I have since replaced the push-in type connectors with a barbed manifold with hose clamps and leak tested the whole system and things are looking great. My gas bottle sits in the kegerator with the kegs. I do have one issue with my gas quick disconnects where CO2 will leak if they are turned a certain way that creates a gap, illustrated below. The homebrew shop told me I should be turning off the bottle when not serving anyway. The other thing to note is that I have changed to the universal poppets that site a few millimeters above the gas and beer posts. They require a good push to connect.
Unfortunately there is a lot of conflicting information on the net. I have the following questions that I'm hoping you gurus can help me with
Cheers.
I've bought a keg king kegerator and set it up with the standard equipment in the bundle and after a few days, my CO2 bottle was empty. I have since replaced the push-in type connectors with a barbed manifold with hose clamps and leak tested the whole system and things are looking great. My gas bottle sits in the kegerator with the kegs. I do have one issue with my gas quick disconnects where CO2 will leak if they are turned a certain way that creates a gap, illustrated below. The homebrew shop told me I should be turning off the bottle when not serving anyway. The other thing to note is that I have changed to the universal poppets that site a few millimeters above the gas and beer posts. They require a good push to connect.
Unfortunately there is a lot of conflicting information on the net. I have the following questions that I'm hoping you gurus can help me with
- I prefer the set to serving pressure and forget method. Is there any way to get these quick disconnects to stop leaking?
- Once my kegs are carbed, what are the consequences of only turning on the gas when I want a beer? Sometimes this may be up to 7 days between beers (worst case scenario).
- What will happen to the beer if I leave the beer and gas quick disconnects connected but shut the CO2 off, then turn on the gas 7 days later to pour a beer?
- Bonus question - one of my beers wasn't dry hopped as much as I'd like. It's now carbonated, can I still keg hop?
Cheers.