Warning for kegging Noobs

[Fal]

I learnt an expensive lesson tonight and feel I should share my pain with those getting into kegging. My setup has been running perfectly for the past few months. But on Sunday I decided to add an extra line and when finished checked none of the John guest connections inside the freezer were leaking....The mistake I made was not checking the connections outside the freezer too. Tonight I found an empty gas tank beside the freezer where the line to my regulator has moved just a fraction and leaked gas.

So lesson learnt is if I/you are making and big changes to you keggerator. Double check all your lines afterwards no matter how well they "were" working before hand.

[Jonnycheech]

Always good to have a back up canister, just in case of emergencies, which can be quite regular in my shed

[Fal]

Yeah, thankfully I have a backup. Just feel stupid I didn't recheck all connections.

A simple mistake cost me half a tank of mixed gas!

[Jonnycheech]

Ooooh mixed gas, I feel your pain. I just presumed it was plain Jane C02.

[Leann ull]

Been there done that, turned off now every time and a quick spray of starsan around connections shows small leaks

[Fal]

All because I couldn't help faffing around with a perfectly working system

[Leann ull]

Ah that's part of the fun, don't let that stop you!

[Pheeel]

Yeh I turn it off at night too. I finished my keezer early December last year and ran out of gas on Christmas Eve. It was a long wait to get more gas! I have refilled it since

[molc]

Yup ditto. Only have gas on for serving and when carbing. I have 5 kegs connected in a Chain, so if there is a leak, there is a lot of flat beer!

[braich]

Do ye find that if ye only have the gas on for the initial carbing and serving does the beer go flat quickly, or would that take ages with a head of pressure in the keg? Would you have to top it up now and again?

[Shanna]

Other thing to be wary of leaving a Co2 cannister connected on is that its heavier than air and in an enclosed space can be lethal.

Shanna

[dcalnan]

Do ye find that if ye only have the gas on for the initial carbing and serving does the beer go flat quickly, or would that take ages with a head of pressure in the keg? Would you have to top it up now and again?

Only if theres a leak in the keg, otherwise a keg will stay pressurised until you release it.

[Fal]

I'll have to re think my keggerator. It's in the attic above the back porch with an insulated beer line run. The beer taps are beside the sink. Maybe I can fit a tank under the sink and run a long gas line back up hmmmm more faffing...