Corny Keg Regulator

[benkbenkbenk]

Hi,

I have just bought an ebay Co2 regulator got my first corny keg set up, but I think I might have bought the wrong thing.

The first gauge reads pressure on a scale I doubt I will ever need in my keg, 0-400bar. The second measures flow rate in CFH.

If I have bought the wrong thing pleas could some kind soul point me in the direction of the right one! I have a home brew festival to attend at the end of the month and need to get it all hooked up to force carb next week at the latest!

Thanks in advance!

 

[ManseMasher]

http://www.winning-homebrew.com/kegging.html

This might help - and certainly CFH (cubic feet per hour) needs a lot of working out!

 

[Fil]

you want one with pressure measured in psi on the out guage, if the supplier cant exchange it for you, a cheaper option may just be to fit a 2nd gauge inline after the reg to help with the brewing, ebay for a gauge suitable for gas with a 1/4" bsp thread £5-£10, a jg 3/8" T or Y to split off the gas line, a 3/8" jg to 1/4" fitting ( a female 1/4" tp 38" jg would be best, i couldnt find one so joint a male fitting to the male gauge thread with a f/f barrel socket... all off ebay,

you could try removing and replacing the gauge on the reg, but they are fitted with a sealing thread lock that can take some oomph to shift, to change the feed hose on my board i needed a 4 ft steel tube lever extension on my wrench.


to be safe you want a gauge with an upper limit similar to the current one fitted, otherwise if connected fully open the pressure could exceed the limit of the gauge u fit and kill it.. the problem with a gauge with a hi max limit is it will have a poor granularity of grade on its scale probably jumping 4-5 psi with each increment. to use a gauge with a finer granularity with 1 or 2 psi per increment, and a lower max pressure you MUST ALLWAYS start with the reg off and gently increase pressure to be safe..


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/50mm-Pres...310?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item418eabd1ee

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/63mm-DIAL...t=LH_DefaultDomain_3&var=&hash=item1e82641a9a

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/John-Gues...DIY_Materials_Plumbing_MJ&hash=item23436b6f08

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JG-NPTF-4...t=LH_DefaultDomain_3&var=&hash=item25976930da

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bsp-Femal...t=LH_DefaultDomain_3&var=&hash=item1c3887c842

and a load of ptfe..

ps not recommended ebay sellers just the results of quick searches..