Headspace when filling cornies?

[Rogermort]

As the title suggests. I've been brewing a while and using cornies successfully. However, I'm never confident that I'm doing it right when initially filling from the FV and force carbing.
Should I be filling right to the top? Leave an inch gap? Two inches?


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[Fil]

ideally the beer level should lie below the short gas in dip tube as if your co2 supply releases a cold slug of co2 it can if submerged freeze and block..

 

[Rogermort]

Thanks Fil. At least I've now got a level to aim at.


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[Wabby]

I aim for the internal weld around the top.

 

[Fil]

crash chilling prior to kegging will provide a useful condensation level on the kegs outer wall indicating the level as you fill, personally when brewing a 23-5l batch i will bottle the first few litres or perhaps use a mini keg, then simply drain the fv into the corny that way i only need concentrate on drawing the bright/clear beer off the fv sediment.

 

[Godsdog]

crash chilling prior to kegging will provide a useful condensation level on the kegs outer wall indicating the level as you fill, personally when brewing a 23-5l batch i will bottle the first few litres or perhaps use a mini keg, then simply drain the fv into the corny that way i only need concentrate on drawing the bright/clear beer off the fv sediment.

Exactly what I do if I brew to 23 litres and bottle the excess to stash away for if I come up short with my corny kegs,if not its a Xmas treat.probably got 30 plus litres stashed away in bottles at present