Keg setup

[Xedent]

Hey guys, I have been brewing beer for about a year and have now setup a keezer that I made with some kegs.

I have 2 Firestone mytton rod kegs and picked up 2 Cornelius kegs.

For some reason the mytton need very high pressure to poor from the tap, the cornelious are great at 8 psi.

The mytton want around 20psi or they just dribble.

They have all been serviced with new seals etc

Any ideas?

Thanks

 

[mckenry]

Are all the lines the same diameter and length? Same gas bottle / reg? Checked the dip tubes for blockages?

 

[earle]

I have a mytton rod keg and it doesn't require high pressure. Did you replace/service the poppets?

 

[Zorco]

Adding onto Earl,

If it is choke flow it may be nucleating all the gas out of solution. Is your beer flat from the Mytt?

Might be gas delivery to the keg. If you burp the Mytt does it sound like there is three times the pressure in the head space?

Is this the same across all taps? Process of elimination begins.

You have a problem, there is no reason for the Mytts to need that high of a pressure.

 

[Xedent]

Thanks for the replying guys, all hoses are same length.

I serviced the ball lock fittings and installed new seals / puppets.

The beer is not flat either.

The headspace sounds the same as the cornelious when I burp it I think.

Another thing is the regulator is second hand Harris which makes a wierd groan sound noise until the line is up to pressure?

Here are some pictures of the setup.

Can you see if I have done anything wrong?

Thanks Clayton

 

[Xedent]

Also I swapped over both the c02 and beer tap to the one the cornelious uses and it's the same on that tap so it's something to do with the keg haha

 

[pist]

Thanks for the replying guys, all hoses are same length.

I serviced the ball lock fittings and installed new seals / puppets.

The beer is not flat either.

The headspace sounds the same as the cornelious when I burp it I think.

Another thing is the regulator is second hand Harris which makes a wierd groan sound noise until the line is up to pressure?

Here are some pictures of the setup.

Can you see if I have done anything wrong?

Thanks Clayton

The "groan" noise you have mentioned is pretty normal. Every reg I've had, this is the noise that's made when you put your gas on.

If the amount of gas coming out of the mytton is the same as the corny my guess would be a partial blockage in your liquid dip tube but hard to say. You would notice this in your beer line though as there would be cavitation in the beer coming through

 

[Blind Dog]

As others have said, check the beer out dip tube. Then the beer out post assembly. If you've swapped CO2 in lines, beer out lines and taps, that's the most obvious cause left. It's possible to get kinks in the dip tube as well as debris blockages. Obviously, burp CO2 before disassembling the beer out post/dip tube.

 

[Xedent]

Thanks guys, do I just starsan everything Inc my hands when I pull it out? Just don't want to infect the brew in the keg?

Thanks Clayton

 

[Grott]

Wouldn't hurt to do that.

 

[Xedent]

Thanks guys think tge dip tube had spun and was sitting on the wall, wasn't blocked all good now cheers!

 

[Zorco]

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