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Oh the noes, my C02 tank is empty..
11/19/2011 8:01:22 PM
Craps, on the weekend too. Will have to drag the 20 lb powertank out of the truck and use it until Monday when I can hit up the fire extinguisher place.
How long do you get out of a 5 lb tank? I generally get 3-4 months. Sometimes more, sometimes less. <shrug>
11/19/2011 8:19:03 PM
About the same.
However, since I bought the kegerator, I have two tanks. Plus, the paintball place is less than 5 minutes away.
However, since I bought the kegerator, I have two tanks. Plus, the paintball place is less than 5 minutes away.
11/19/2011 8:19:34 PM
I have a 5 lb tank and it's been going since March with a total of 5 or 6 kegs force carbed and drained.
I bought a back up tank. When this one dies I'll just drop the other in.
I bought a back up tank. When this one dies I'll just drop the other in.
11/21/2011 1:42:04 PM
4-6 months for me 
11/21/2011 2:00:40 PM
ugg. I dont know, I had a leak that I didnt know about. Been through two tanks while I tracked it down in the past two months. (only been kegging that long)
Turns out the poppit valve on one of the outlets would leak when the coupling was attached. it sealed find when I took it off. I figured it out when it leaked beer and drained the tank.
Turns out the poppit valve on one of the outlets would leak when the coupling was attached. it sealed find when I took it off. I figured it out when it leaked beer and drained the tank.
11/21/2011 2:17:15 PM
Originally Posted By hungrymonkey:
ugg. I dont know, I had a leak that I didnt know about. Been through two tanks while I tracked it down in the past two months. (only been kegging that long)
Turns out the poppit valve on one of the outlets would leak when the coupling was attached. it sealed find when I took it off. I figured it out when it leaked beer and drained the tank.
ugg. I dont know, I had a leak that I didnt know about. Been through two tanks while I tracked it down in the past two months. (only been kegging that long)
Turns out the poppit valve on one of the outlets would leak when the coupling was attached. it sealed find when I took it off. I figured it out when it leaked beer and drained the tank.
If you didn't have bad luck you'd have no luck at all?
11/22/2011 1:00:53 AM
Originally Posted By seattleducati:
If you didn't have bad luck you'd have no luck at all?
Originally Posted By hungrymonkey:
ugg. I dont know, I had a leak that I didnt know about. Been through two tanks while I tracked it down in the past two months. (only been kegging that long)
Turns out the poppit valve on one of the outlets would leak when the coupling was attached. it sealed find when I took it off. I figured it out when it leaked beer and drained the tank.
ugg. I dont know, I had a leak that I didnt know about. Been through two tanks while I tracked it down in the past two months. (only been kegging that long)
Turns out the poppit valve on one of the outlets would leak when the coupling was attached. it sealed find when I took it off. I figured it out when it leaked beer and drained the tank.
If you didn't have bad luck you'd have no luck at all?
Luckily I had only lost a couple of pints. I am thinking it was a slow leak that progressively got worse.
11/22/2011 11:48:48 AM
This happened to my neighbor. The brass that attaches the regulator to the tank has a rubber O-ring to seal the connection of the two. Some how that rubber O-ring got nicked and caused a leak that he, of course, did not know about. 1 hex wrench and a new O-ring solved the problem in 5 minutes, but unfortunately he lost all of the 5 # of Co2 he just bought 
