I bought 4 used secondary regs. I fitted them with connecting stems and new valves. All four are putting co2 out to the kegs however only two are showing the pressure on the gauges and I don't think it's correct because its foaming way more than my previous splitter with no regulators. Any advice in what I need? Should I just replace the gauges?
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Needles screwed in or out on them? Do the gauges read zero when the screw is screwed all the way out?
Looking at the way that gang was put together, it's going to be a pita to troubleshoot a bad gauge by swapping them, but there you may well be...
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yes, sorry the bolts. what happens when you screw in the ones that don't zero?
Id test them one by one. is there any chance the pressure reading is high enough that its all the way around and coming back to zero?
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Pratzie said:
I dont think that there is a way for it to pass over the stopping pin but no I don't think it's set ridiculously high since the input psi to the set was set at 20 on my primary reg.
Ill test them out individually and see what I come up with. Worst case scenario I rebuild them and replace the gauges.
Just an fyi, but secondary regulators have a minimum differential pressure (output vs input). For Taprite that's 5 psi, I don't know about other secondary regulators.
I would take the gang apart to isolate the two regs that may not be working properly, verify the other two are working properly, then borrow the gauge from one of the good regs to test the others...
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I would take the gang apart to isolate the two regs that may not be working properly, verify the other two are working properly, then borrow the gauge from one of the good regs to test the others...
Cheers!
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