Kegs and CO2

[Weatherman]

Evening all

I started kegging a couple of months ago and have an adapted fridge for storage and dispensing.

the question is, do you all leave your CO2 turned on all the time when connected to full kegs?

I have been carbonating the beer (usually under pressure in the Fermentor) keg it and then generally only turn the gas on to subsequently dispense it.

Many thanks

 

[SMP Brewery]

I leave mine on all the time. Turn it up for the first week normally around 20ish and then set it to serving pressure and just leave it.

 

[matt76]

I leave mine on and connected all the time, though I believe some others turn it off when not needed.

When I started kegging my first CO2 bottle emptied itself in about 48hrs! Turned out I hadn't fully tightened one of the fittings Lesson learned, I haven't had a problem since (touch wood! )

 

[Weatherman]

I leave mine on and connected all the time, though I believe some others turn it off when not needed.

When I started kegging my first CO2 bottle emptied itself in about 48hrs! Turned out I hadn't fully tightened one of the fittings Lesson learned, I haven't had a problem since (touch wood! )

I think this is what worries me. However, I don’t visit the fridge through the week and when I do at the weekend and turn the gas on, you can hear it flowing.

To me, this suggests either the beer isn’t carbonated to the same level as what’s flowing in or the keg isn’t.

I don’t think the kegs are leaking though.

 

[SMP Brewery]

The beer is absorbing the co2 so the pressure is going down, when you switch it back on it’s replacing that that’s been absorbed.

 

[Weatherman]

The beer is absorbing the co2 so the pressure is going down, when you switch it back on it’s replacing that that’s been absorbed.

That’s my thoughts so, at some point that would stop as beer would be at the same psi as the gas being pumped in?

So, should I assume that my beer is either not at 10 psi or, that there is a leak somewhere