Kegorator Regulator

[Celtoid]

Damn it! I've jinxed myself by recently singing the praises of a Kegorator set-up.

I think my regulator has just cracked a wobbly. Normally one guage shows bottle pressure and the other pouring pressure. I adjust the pouring pressure as required and it's normally very low.

Yesterday, I went to pour a beer and blew froth all over the place.... Opened the fridge door to inspect the kit. The bottle pressure guage had gone from just over 500 (normal) to flat-line and the pouring pressure, although set very low, had raced up to over 4 Bar....lucky it didn't blow the bloody kegs up.

Even after I opened the adjustment winder all the way, effectively cutting bottle pressure from the reg and bleeding both kegs and the reg, the pressure crept up, right off the scale again......over and over!

The only way to stop it, was to turn the gas bottle itself off.

Any ideas what has gone wrong? Assuming it's a reg problem, can it be fixed and by whom?

Cheers all.

Kev.

[simonmelb]

Hi Kev,

Yes, sounds like a Reg problem.

I would give Ross at Craftbrewer a call and ask who he uses or can recommend locally for Reg repairs.

[Celtoid]

Hi Kev,

Yes, sounds like a Reg problem.

I would give Ross at Craftbrewer a call and ask who he uses or can recommend locally for Reg repairs.

OK mate, will do.

Cheers.

[clubagreenie]

Kegs explode at waaayyy more than 4 bar.

Trust me, had to supply parts for a test rig for exactly that. Proof testing mini kegs (for use on aircraft apparently, don't know who/what/where exactly) but standard brewery keg, averaged 128bar air only, 136bar filled to full plus air.

[Celtoid]

Kegs explode at waaayyy more than 4 bar.

Trust me, had to supply parts for a test rig for exactly that. Proof testing mini kegs (for use on aircraft apparently, don't know who/what/where exactly) but standard brewery keg, averaged 128bar air only, 136bar filled to full plus air.

Phew.....thanks mate....

Made lots of froth thou....hahaha.....which my wife appreciated all over the walls and floor of our new house.....

These are 19L Cornelious jobs but I guess they would still be pretty strong.

[LandyAndy]

When I first bought my keg kit my regulator did the same thing,the shop swapped it for a new one,never done it since.
Andrew

[Celtoid]

Cheap Chinese job was the issue. Unrepairable. I bought my Kegorator on ebay a fair while ago.....so no recourse there I'm afraid.

The local brew shop sells Kegorators and the manager told me that they replace the regs with a better quality one before they sell them, cause it isn't worth the hassle for them.

I bought a new Micro Matic reg. Has a warranty and can be fully serviced. Unfortunately I just realised that the incident completely drained my CO2 bottle though.....damn...it was almost full....

Anyway, I'll be back on line soon.....