dawn_kiebawls
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So I just finished my keezer (re)build, bust carbed a cider, hooked it up to my EVA lines and drew off a small sample. PERFECT! However, I fear that I really s**t the bed on this one.
I burst carbed it, let it chill at ~31F for a day, pulled the PRV, set it to 12 and poured a sample. It came out wonderfully, just a hair over-carbed so I pulled the PRV twice more over the next hour. Regulator set to 13psi and I'm getting NOTHING out of the faucet. Check to make sure my lines aren't frozen. Nope. Give everything a once over, pull the PRV on my regulator to make sure I didn't leak a tank of CO2. Nope, plenty of gas. Look at the ball valve on the regulator and it's closed :alm meet forehead:: open the ball valve and hear the regulator groan instantly.
The problem I'm having though is that I have some major gas bubbles inside my liquid line. This happened last time I had something on (picnic) tap and was a constant battle against foam and flat beers. Since I did some reading after my last go'round I decided to add some extra lube to the post, drain the liquid line, hook it back up and try again. Major foam and more air pockets. I tried to lube again and I think I accidentally put PINLOCK o-rings on my BALL-LOCK posts. I can EASILY take the o-ring off with two fingers.
So: Is the o-ring the cause of my air leak? Did I completely F up the carbonation and is this causing air pockets in my lines/foamy blowouts for EVERY pour?
Please help! I'm hosting an event tomorrow and need these faucets to be pouring reasonably well.
I'm going to run to my LHBS and get a new pack of o-rings and a new liquid post just to eliminate those variable, although if carb/psi levels are the issue replacing a post will only make my situation 100x worse. Thanks!
Also, my keezer is set at 35F. 6' lines of 4mm ID EVA tubing, regulator set to 13psi
I burst carbed it, let it chill at ~31F for a day, pulled the PRV, set it to 12 and poured a sample. It came out wonderfully, just a hair over-carbed so I pulled the PRV twice more over the next hour. Regulator set to 13psi and I'm getting NOTHING out of the faucet. Check to make sure my lines aren't frozen. Nope. Give everything a once over, pull the PRV on my regulator to make sure I didn't leak a tank of CO2. Nope, plenty of gas. Look at the ball valve on the regulator and it's closed :alm meet forehead:: open the ball valve and hear the regulator groan instantly.
The problem I'm having though is that I have some major gas bubbles inside my liquid line. This happened last time I had something on (picnic) tap and was a constant battle against foam and flat beers. Since I did some reading after my last go'round I decided to add some extra lube to the post, drain the liquid line, hook it back up and try again. Major foam and more air pockets. I tried to lube again and I think I accidentally put PINLOCK o-rings on my BALL-LOCK posts. I can EASILY take the o-ring off with two fingers.
So: Is the o-ring the cause of my air leak? Did I completely F up the carbonation and is this causing air pockets in my lines/foamy blowouts for EVERY pour?
Please help! I'm hosting an event tomorrow and need these faucets to be pouring reasonably well.
I'm going to run to my LHBS and get a new pack of o-rings and a new liquid post just to eliminate those variable, although if carb/psi levels are the issue replacing a post will only make my situation 100x worse. Thanks!
Also, my keezer is set at 35F. 6' lines of 4mm ID EVA tubing, regulator set to 13psi