Nishy wrote:This probably sounds like a dumb question, but how do I know when my gas bottle is empty. I guess the obvious answer is when no more gas comes out!!
I have a dual gauge regulator and when i open the gas to fill Keg the Gas bottle gauge reads 0. I have only done about 5 X 19L kegs and thought the gas would last a lot longer than this.
Any help appreciated.
Also does anybody know where is the best place to get them filled. i.e swap and go and ring supagas direct??
Cheers
Daryl
Nishy, which guage reads zero? The small scale gauge or the large scale gauge (usually on the right). You have set the regulated pressure going into the beer keg, haven't you? That is usually measured by the LHS gauge, and is a much smaller value than the pressure in the CO2 bottle which is lethal if discharged without a regulator.
Weight is the best way to measure how much CO2 is in the bottle - the rhs gauge usually measures the pressure of the CO2 gas that sits above the liquid CO2 in the CO2 bottle - hence, it will not fall until all the liquid CO2 has gone and you're running on vapour with a nearly empty CO2 bottle...so the difference between Tare and actual weight will tell you how many kilos of CO2 is still in the bottle.....er, unless you had an undetected leak which can easily empty a CO2 bottle overnight if left connected.
Cheers,
TL