Please help diagnose my kegerator foam
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Uploaded by jasonkip on Jan 5, 2012
Hi, I bought a used kegerator for the first time and am having beginner troubles. I am hoping that by posting this video, someone can help me diagnose my problem(s). Below are some details about my situation. Thank you for your help!!
This is a keg of Kelso Pilsner. The brewery suggests 34-38 degrees F at a psi of 8. I have an 8' 3/16 ID beer line that I just bought brand new, and I also used diluted beer line cleaner to soak the coupler, shank and faucet in. The keg has been in the kegerator for a week now, giving me the same wild foaming issue you see in today's video since then. I have tried several different pressures from as low as 5 to as high as 16 with no better results (in this video the pressure is at 12psi). Obviously with low pressure there is virtually no beer getting into the beer line, and even with increased pressure there are still multiple large pockets of co2 in the beer line (I tried to wait at least a couple hours before testing increases in pressure). Any ideas are greatly appreciated!
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@jasonkip Hmm... well my second guess would be that there's a leak somewhere. The coupler isn't tight and/or the seal is bad and/or one of the hoses is leaking. But I imagine you've thought of that already. One time I had a leak and didn't notice right away. Within a day or two, my CO2 was empty due to the leak. That was annoying. Normally the CO2 lasts several months.
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Fixed - the problem was in the keg itself, most likely the seal was damaged. Upon replacing the keg, everything works great!
jasonkip 1 month ago
How much beer is in the keg? I use to have a kegerator (actually, I still have it - I just don't use it any more) ... and that was the kind of thing I would see when the keg was empty.
DavidWCourtney 2 months ago
@DavidWCourtney I'd estimate about 3/4 of the keg remains. I've poured quite a few pitchers (and boots) trying to figure it out, but it's still more than 1/2 full.
jasonkip 2 months ago