Do I leave the gas on

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Do I leave the gas on

Postby bigbanko » Monday Jan 29, 2007 8:28 pm

Hi Guys

New time kegger and was wondering once I have carbonated my beer do I leave the gas on pouring presure all the time or just turn it on and off when I want to dispence the beer.

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Postby OldBugman » Monday Jan 29, 2007 8:30 pm

either or.

I leave my gas on all the time.

But alot of people turn it on and off.
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Postby Aussie Claret » Tuesday Jan 30, 2007 8:50 am

If you do leave it on make sure you have no leaks. If you have no leak then either way, but for a balanced system it should be left on.
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Postby luke » Tuesday Jan 30, 2007 7:32 pm

When I have the keg gassed, I turn the gas on when dispenecing only 25 Kpa.
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Postby rwh » Wednesday Jan 31, 2007 9:43 am

I have mine at 75kpa. It varies from system to system, so just work out the happy medium.

Too low a pressure: beer goes flat over time.
Too high a pressure: beer gets forced out of tap at too high a rate, causing turbulent flow, effectively shaking it up. Result: heaps of head and flat beer.
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