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Possible reason |
Approach |
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Keg is empty |
Take a new keg |
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Keg coupler is wrong |
Check whether you have the right one |
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Keg coupler is jerry-built |
Check it |
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Air bottle is empty |
Connect a new one |
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Valves inside the coupler agglutinates |
Put them out and clean or renew them |
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Low pressure of CO2 |
Enhance the pressure careful with small steps |
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Carbonic acid escapes |
Check the lines about leaks (take a spray flask
filled with 75 % water and 25 % detergent and spray it all over the bottle
and line, in this way you find nearly all leaks) |
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Beer line has snapped off |
Check all lines |
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Beer line is frozen |
Switch off the cooler and check it |
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Connecting of beer line and air line is wrong (mixed up) |
Check it |
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Cleaning sponges remain in the line |
Flush them out with water |
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Compensator tap is shut off |
Turn it on |
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Gate valves are closed |
Turn them on |
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Possible reason |
Approach |
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Beer is too warm |
Check the temperature and regulate it |
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Beer line is muddy |
Clean it |
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Beer remains more than 5 days in the keg and contents too much CO2 |
It's better you take 2 small kegs than a big one otherwise you have to empty the big keg within 4 days |
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Beer line has snapped off |
Check it |
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Cooler is defect |
Check it by specialists or check the electric current |
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There is a sag in the beer line |
Check it because all beer lines are to lay with gradient |
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Correctly operation with the tap |
The tap always is to open completely |
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Pressure is too high |
Reduce it (please note the previous pressure will stay for a little time) |
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The intermediate regulator is adjusted in a wrong way, too much pressure |
Reduce it |
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Cooling fails |
Check it, sometimes you have to fill in water and clean the device |
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Isolation of beer line is insufficient |
Repair it with high efficiency |
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Glasses has been washed with warm water |
Wash up with cold water |
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Kegs have just arrived and had been shaking |
Transport them very careful |