Wherry in king keg no pressure

[Bobzee]

Bit of advice pls. I put my brew (woodfordes wherry) from the fv in to the king keg on Saturday. Add 80g of brewing sugar. I have added a Schrader value to the cap so I can check psi. On checking yesterday and today it’s shows 0 psi.
I checked the kk before adding the brew by putting it in the bath and adding air to pressurise the keg to 5 psi. Put the top under water and no apparent leaks so thought all was good.
I have just tried putting soapy water around the s30 valve and tyre valve, and nothing obvious.
Am I being to inpatient? But I would expect to see some pressure building. Although when depressing the pin on the schrader valve gas does escape.

 

[rats_eyes]

It can take 2-4 weeks to get decent carbonation. If it's only been two days, you're jumping the gun a bit

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[marshbrewer]

Even with a fast fermenting yeast, as rats eyes says, two days isn't long for it to eat up the priming sugar and make CO2. Give it a few more days at normal fermenting temperature before worrying.

 

[Bobzee]

It can take 2-4 weeks to get decent carbonation. If it's only been two days, you're jumping the gun a bit

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Ok, I ll resist the urge to get the cap off and fiddle.

 

[rats_eyes]

If it's any consolation, your 80g of sufar should be right. If it's somewhere warm-ish for a while it'll be fine

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[Bobzee]

Much appreciated. Its sitting around 21 to 23 c. I think the worst thing I did was add the tyre valve, it just makes me paranoid about the pressure.

 

[rats_eyes]

It's quite natural to want to monitor it so closely, we all do it at first. If it doesn't have any pressure after two weeks, start looking for a leak, otherwise you can only wait. It's a homebrew cliche, but it works - don't worry, relax, gave a homebrew

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[Drunkula]

Put some water and a bit of washing up liquid in a spray bottle and souse the entire barrel. If there's nothing around the seals there might be a hairline crack on the body of the barrel. Hope you get it fixed as it's a dread when you get a leak.

 

[Roger Wilko]

I got a king keg a couple of months ago. Best thing is watch a few YouTube vids. I have a pressure gauge in my lid and also use ptfe tape around the neck of the barrel to ensure a good lid seal. First brew I did the pressure relief rubber was letting gas out at 7 psi. I’ve changed it for a new rubber and now holds 10 psi. Oh and a £4 cap spanner helps get that extra nip on the cap.

 

[Roger Wilko]

Quite honestly I usually see the gauge start to rise after a couple of days. Try cracking open the tap a fraction to see if you have any pressure. You may have a duff gauge

 

[Sandimas]

Quite honestly I usually see the gauge start to rise after a couple of days.

+1

I have a gauge on mine and plotted a graph of the rise in pressure, it kicks off in the first few days then starts to tail off after Day7. If you have no pressure you may have a seal leak around the lid or something: just because it sealed last time you tested it doesn't mean it will seal next time, kegs are notorious for leaking around the lid seal. I have a small CO2 cannister and always given my kegs a quick squirt of CO2 in addition to priming, to listen for leaks. I kegged a beer today and, sure enough, there was a small leak as I hadn't tightened the lid quite enough.