Will12283
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I have contacted a few places by email with no reply yet.
Might pop in to the local BOC place when I get some free time
Might pop in to the local BOC place when I get some free time
Priming a Corny?
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Or email this guy - He sorted everything out for me online - Was last year he may have moved on... Worth 2 min tho save the trip.
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Or email this guy - He sorted everything out for me online - Was last year he may have moved on... Worth 2 min tho save the trip.
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After all the messing looking for a place for a gas bottle I now realise that I should not have been googling co2 supplies but wholesale beer suppliers
a few minutes drive from my house is this place http://www.jeroboam-and-schott.co.uk/ where I paid £20 for an 8.6kg bottle and £10 thereafter to fill
So if anyone in the Merseyside area is looking for gas then there it is
a few minutes drive from my house is this place http://www.jeroboam-and-schott.co.uk/ where I paid £20 for an 8.6kg bottle and £10 thereafter to fill
So if anyone in the Merseyside area is looking for gas then there it is
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The average city street at rush hour has higher benzene content in the air and MUCH higher hydrocarbons.
I tried BoC and was told by them that they won't deliver to a residential address due to the risks of CO2 leakage in confined spaces. Personally I think the number of things that would need to conspire for your to asphyxiate yourself with a CO2 leak are highly unlikely. Maybe if you were sleeping on the floor in the same room as your keg and it leaked quite a lot during the night AND your room was poorly ventilated and on the ground floor AND you didn't wake up when your body started noticing, but passed out from low O2 in the blood (Hypoxia) , then, maybe you could actually die or be brain damaged by morning.
I tried BoC and was told by them that they won't deliver to a residential address due to the risks of CO2 leakage in confined spaces. Personally I think the number of things that would need to conspire for your to asphyxiate yourself with a CO2 leak are highly unlikely. Maybe if you were sleeping on the floor in the same room as your keg and it leaked quite a lot during the night AND your room was poorly ventilated and on the ground floor AND you didn't wake up when your body started noticing, but passed out from low O2 in the blood (Hypoxia) , then, maybe you could actually die or be brain damaged by morning.
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crofty83 said:
+1 but my 5.5Kg cylinder cost me £70 filled. To get it filled is £20... but... it has to be tested and stamped by the gas supplier the first time at a cost £15.
Currently I'm using an FE upside down as it only cost me £15 to service swap and I can get it done on my way to work in the morning, the pub bottle is a 2 hour trip and on a Saturday. I'll get round to filling it, but the FE is working fine for now. Just make sure and use it upside down! I fired it the right way up ONCE and the regulator developed a later of ice and my fingers stuck to it. The reg didn't work very well and I immediately felt a bit concerned it would stick open and blow the keg valve, so I left it off and bathed it is look-warm water for a while with a cloth before proceeding with it upside down. It can however freeze the diaphram and fracture it.
Will12283
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I have been searching for wholesale beer suppliers and all it brings up are beer/wine and fizzy drink suppliers, no gas in sight.
Will i am sure there was a company in Newport listed here previously...
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viewtopic.php?f=17&t=26434&hilit=gas+supply+company
Will12283
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That's one of the company's I emailed who didn't reply
Will12283
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Just put my lager in my corny and when I move it it bubbles around the edge of the lid.
Do I need new I rings?
Or maybe even a new lid?
It's sat in a warm room for now just hope pressure will seal it
Do I need new I rings?
Or maybe even a new lid?
It's sat in a warm room for now just hope pressure will seal it
Will12283
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So lack of pressure may be the problem. Will give it time and see what happens.
Worst case I know that it will condition so all the air will be pushed out by co2.
Will just have to wait till I sort out my regulator and gas to see if that sorts it
Worst case I know that it will condition so all the air will be pushed out by co2.
Will just have to wait till I sort out my regulator and gas to see if that sorts it
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Hi Will
As Gassman says, booze wholesalers are a good source. I use the local branch of a small chain of '**** n' booze' cash and carries. (Sorry - no branch in S wales). They have 'trade only' signs everywhere, so I phoned them, to be told that CO2 was no prob. Don't suppose they'd let me stock-up on spirits, tho'!
So, don't rely on emails - pick up the phone. Their main business, after all, is wholesale, not selling the odd CO2 cylinder. Also, don't be put-off by 'trade only' warnings - they probably don't apply it to gas cylinders.
On your original query, I don't purge my barrels or kegs after I've primed them. I rely on CO2 being heavier than air, so, provided keg/barrel is sealed, the beer doesn't oxidise - at least, that's my mileage.
Cheers, Chris
As Gassman says, booze wholesalers are a good source. I use the local branch of a small chain of '**** n' booze' cash and carries. (Sorry - no branch in S wales). They have 'trade only' signs everywhere, so I phoned them, to be told that CO2 was no prob. Don't suppose they'd let me stock-up on spirits, tho'!
So, don't rely on emails - pick up the phone. Their main business, after all, is wholesale, not selling the odd CO2 cylinder. Also, don't be put-off by 'trade only' warnings - they probably don't apply it to gas cylinders.
On your original query, I don't purge my barrels or kegs after I've primed them. I rely on CO2 being heavier than air, so, provided keg/barrel is sealed, the beer doesn't oxidise - at least, that's my mileage.
Cheers, Chris
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airymary said:
This is exactly what I was thinking, worst case I lose the brew (but would have learnt a lot too)
airymary said:
I have started to do this but the two company's I have tried didn't answer. Might have been the time I was calling (end of day), but it was only time I was free. Will try again tomorrow and thanks for the advice
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You could always go to a Fire Systems shop and buy a reconditioned CO2 Fire Extinguisher. There is a high probability they are filled by the same local supplier and the same gas. They work fine upside down and for small scale kegging they are easy to use as you just squeeze the trigger once in a while, the regulator holds enough gas for 3 or 4 pints without the bottle being on!
Just use it upside down! That's important!
Just use it upside down! That's important!
otherwise tou might get more foam than you anticipated...Runwell-Steve
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I use fire extinguishers. My local supplier has converted some some by removing the dip tube so I can use them the right way up.
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Runwell-Steve said:
Steve - does a welding type reg then fit? And have you got a link?
Cheers, Chris
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