cspencer
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Hi I've been spending a lot of time reading up on how to find and fix CO2 leaks in my keg setup but I've finally got it to a reasonable state where the pressure on the gauge is slowly dropping. I mean from 40PSI down to 30PSI over 36 hrs.
I had found the leak was in the output of the Regulator (Keg King).
When the gas line is disconnected from the keg, I would raise the pressure to 40PSI then turn of the CO2 tank. At first it would drop to zero in a matter of a few hours (I've tried this same test several times with the regulator knob open and closed with same result so I don't think it's the regulator), pulled it apart and put it back together and now it's dropping 10PSI in 36hrs
Is this considered normal? The regulator has been inside at room temp for these tests.
Or should I be pulling it all apart and trying again? the connection in question is metal on metal flared flange connection on the output of the regulator which I ended up using a bit of the pink plumbers tape on the thread only to try to seal it a bit better, I did up the thread as hard as I dare (any harder I it would be difficult to undo).
Thanks for any advice you can give.
Clayton
I had found the leak was in the output of the Regulator (Keg King).
When the gas line is disconnected from the keg, I would raise the pressure to 40PSI then turn of the CO2 tank. At first it would drop to zero in a matter of a few hours (I've tried this same test several times with the regulator knob open and closed with same result so I don't think it's the regulator), pulled it apart and put it back together and now it's dropping 10PSI in 36hrs
Is this considered normal? The regulator has been inside at room temp for these tests.
Or should I be pulling it all apart and trying again? the connection in question is metal on metal flared flange connection on the output of the regulator which I ended up using a bit of the pink plumbers tape on the thread only to try to seal it a bit better, I did up the thread as hard as I dare (any harder I it would be difficult to undo).
Thanks for any advice you can give.
Clayton