Gas bottle pressure question

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Gas bottle pressure question

Postby pmclaren11 » Monday Jun 22, 2009 11:41 pm

Hello,

I have only dispensed 3 kegs with my 4.5kg bottle.

I have noticed within this time the bottle psi pressure has gone from about 700psi to 400psi.

Is this normal after only 3 kegs? Could I have a leak somewhere?

Thanks in advance.
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Re: Gas bottle pressure question

Postby goq11k_76 » Tuesday Jun 23, 2009 5:26 pm

must be a leak somewhere, I have had a 10kg bottle for a 2.5 years now, only half gone and many kegs drank inbetween
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Re: Gas bottle pressure question

Postby lethaldog » Tuesday Jun 23, 2009 5:26 pm

Is the bottle in the fridge?

This does sound slightly excessive but i have always used bigger bottles!
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Re: Gas bottle pressure question

Postby pmclaren11 » Tuesday Jun 23, 2009 8:11 pm

The bottle is outside of the fridge... but it is under my patio outside, could the cold weather affect the reading?
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Re: Gas bottle pressure question

Postby chadjaja » Tuesday Jun 23, 2009 8:40 pm

It wouldn't get that cold. Even in the fridge my tank reads around the 500 mark and higher when out of the fridge.
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Re: Gas bottle pressure question

Postby pmclaren11 » Tuesday Jun 23, 2009 8:44 pm

Cool, sounds like a leak then...

Any tips on checking for the leak, eg, gas line, regulator, kegs??
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Re: Gas bottle pressure question

Postby wrighty » Tuesday Jun 23, 2009 9:11 pm

Check all connections with warm soapy water from a bottle sprayer bubbles will appear at any leaks.
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Re: Gas bottle pressure question

Postby pmclaren11 » Tuesday Jun 23, 2009 9:23 pm

Thanks I will give this a go this weekend. For now I have just turned off the gas completely....
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Re: Gas bottle pressure question

Postby pmclaren11 » Tuesday Jun 23, 2009 9:41 pm

Couldn't wait until the weekend!

I seems I have a slight leak where the regulator joins the bottle...

I did notice when I first got my regulator (Harris brand) that the part that joins my bottle (brewcraft bottle) doesn't exactly match up or fill the gap totally.

Has anyone experience this before? Do I need some sort of adaptor? Any solutions??
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Re: Gas bottle pressure question

Postby Clean Brewer » Tuesday Jun 23, 2009 10:16 pm

A gasket is missing I think... :wink:

Also, the Reg needs a real good tightening onto the Gas Bottle, also some thread tape wouldnt go astray on the threads...

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Re: Gas bottle pressure question

Postby goq11k_76 » Wednesday Jun 24, 2009 9:37 am

use gas rated thread tape as well, not water rated :wink:
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Re: Gas bottle pressure question

Postby pmclaren11 » Wednesday Jun 24, 2009 9:27 pm

Thanks for the tips...

I emailed the place I bought the regulator and it turns out the nylon seal wasn't included with the regulator - hopefully this should solve the problem!!
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Re: Gas bottle pressure question

Postby MattyR » Friday Aug 28, 2009 5:20 pm

Dont Use Thread tape. If you have a gasket between the 2 flat surfaces and tighten the nut correctly(not cross threaded) it will seal.Thread tape on the threads is useless, not to mention very dodgy, on a loose nut fitting. If gas can escape from between the two flat surfaces the connection is has not been tightened correctly or the gasket is damaged and if it does escape it will escape between the shaft from the reg(which the nut can slide on) and the nut. Using teflon in this manner is very common with the home handyman and keeps me in work.
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