I just finished a keezer build and not sure if I’m being paranoid so looking for advice.
A little background I started kegging and first batch I just put in the chest freezer with a picnic tap while finishing getting stuff for a collar etc. At one point I added a second keg with my eventual keezer manifold and had a five pound CO2 bottle go flat pretty quickly. I was also playing with purging, closed transfers etc around that same time and at least a portion of running out of CO2 was related to learning curve on purging and closed transfers. That said I think I also had issues in the keezer. I’m not sure the manifold connections were all good. The manifold was also laying in there and could have been against a PRV. Summary lots of potential reasons I drained the 5 lb tank. With the final setup I got a 20 lb tank (still have the 5 as a backup and for misc tasks)
So now my keezer is all set up. Still two kegs atm (third coming soon). I got everything hooked up. Sprayed everything with Star San and see no bubbles. Thought I was good. But after a bit I could hear a hissing noise. There’s lots of noises but unplugged the freezer and certainly seemed like it was coming from the lid area of one of the kegs. I sprayed it with Star San and no bubbles. Looking at it though it seemed like kind of a fuzzy/cloudy look kind of like looking into a keg full of CO2. I thought maybe the Star San was just too thin so tried dish soap and water. Still no bubbles. At one point I cranked pressure up to 25 to see if it would seat the lid. Still heard the noise. I had to go to something for a kid and just shut off the tank so I wasn’t wasting CO2. I came back and the regulator read zero but that could just be gas going into the beer. The keg I heard the hissing has been on gas quiet a while (2 weeks) but the other one only a few days. So I would assume one is carbed but one may not be.
After getting back home I turned gas on and poured myself a beer. Didn’t hear anything and tried Star San and no bubbles. I’m paranoid about leaving the gas on though since I didn’t really find a root cause. Thought? Am I just being paranoid?
Also a side question are the PRVs on corny kegs always super sensitive? I feel like if I bump one at all it hisses and I have to fiddle with it a bit to get it to stop.
A little background I started kegging and first batch I just put in the chest freezer with a picnic tap while finishing getting stuff for a collar etc. At one point I added a second keg with my eventual keezer manifold and had a five pound CO2 bottle go flat pretty quickly. I was also playing with purging, closed transfers etc around that same time and at least a portion of running out of CO2 was related to learning curve on purging and closed transfers. That said I think I also had issues in the keezer. I’m not sure the manifold connections were all good. The manifold was also laying in there and could have been against a PRV. Summary lots of potential reasons I drained the 5 lb tank. With the final setup I got a 20 lb tank (still have the 5 as a backup and for misc tasks)
So now my keezer is all set up. Still two kegs atm (third coming soon). I got everything hooked up. Sprayed everything with Star San and see no bubbles. Thought I was good. But after a bit I could hear a hissing noise. There’s lots of noises but unplugged the freezer and certainly seemed like it was coming from the lid area of one of the kegs. I sprayed it with Star San and no bubbles. Looking at it though it seemed like kind of a fuzzy/cloudy look kind of like looking into a keg full of CO2. I thought maybe the Star San was just too thin so tried dish soap and water. Still no bubbles. At one point I cranked pressure up to 25 to see if it would seat the lid. Still heard the noise. I had to go to something for a kid and just shut off the tank so I wasn’t wasting CO2. I came back and the regulator read zero but that could just be gas going into the beer. The keg I heard the hissing has been on gas quiet a while (2 weeks) but the other one only a few days. So I would assume one is carbed but one may not be.
After getting back home I turned gas on and poured myself a beer. Didn’t hear anything and tried Star San and no bubbles. I’m paranoid about leaving the gas on though since I didn’t really find a root cause. Thought? Am I just being paranoid?
Also a side question are the PRVs on corny kegs always super sensitive? I feel like if I bump one at all it hisses and I have to fiddle with it a bit to get it to stop.