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Have a problem and any advice appreciated. I 'opened' a corny yesterday. It had ~5 psi and I upped it to about ~15psi and then poured out (quick disconnects) about 1.5 litres and then it slowly stopped. Pressure is fine but nothing coming out. I assume something stuck somewhere but not sure... anyway to fix this with it full of beer or am I looking at a transfer to another and cleaning of some sort.

beer is typical ale, unfiltered but no hops or large matter... maybe some yeast go stuck (I did open it a bit early, maybe it hadn't caked to bottom yet?)


thanks in advance!! :thumb:
 
Strange it would stop flowing assuming you still have the gas turned on. Is the beer out disconnect on properly? Rare but the out disconnect spring may have broken which would then not open the poppet on the post.
 
Run out of gas? Can you check gas is actually coming through the disconnect? Blow some gas down the dip tube in case this is blocked?
 
orlando said:
Blow some gas down the dip tube in case this is blocked?
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just to confirm what this means (still pretty new to all this)! attach gas to OUT and put some gas IN? I would have thought these were more one way and don't want to harm anything.... :)
 
michking said:
orlando said:
Blow some gas down the dip tube in case this is blocked?
Click to expand...

just to confirm what this means (still pretty new to all this)! attach gas to OUT and put some gas IN? I would have thought these were more one way and don't want to harm anything.... :)
Click to expand...

No problem pushing gas down the OUT side. They don't have one way valves. The gas would just go down the long out tube and bubble through the beer.
 
Is the gas in disconnect on properly as well - sometimes they need a final push to engage - you could just be showing 15psi in the pipework otherwise
 
both great ideas! will go out later and try... it just seems wrong to mess with beer before noon :cheers:
 
bobsbeer said:
michking said:
orlando said:
Blow some gas down the dip tube in case this is blocked?
Click to expand...

just to confirm what this means (still pretty new to all this)! attach gas to OUT and put some gas IN? I would have thought these were more one way and don't want to harm anything.... :)
Click to expand...

No problem pushing gas down the OUT side. They don't have one way valves. The gas would just go down the long out tube and bubble through the beer.
Click to expand...

It isn't a problem on my 23l Chinese cornies as there is no difference to the poppets but isn't there an issue with using them the "wrong" way round on the genuine ones. In other words connecting the beer out disconnect to the gas to do it?
 
Yep, was just about to say, if you are putting gas in through the out post to clear the line, make sure you connect the gas line to a black out disconnect. Don't try and put a grey gas in disconnect on the out post (and vice versa). :thumb:
 
Hawks said:
Is the gas in disconnect on properly as well - sometimes they need a final push to engage - you could just be showing 15psi in the pipework otherwise
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and this was the problem. Dumb mistake. :nah:

thanks for all replies :)
 

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