I'm trying to carb my 2bbl bright tank for the first time, and I think I built up a similar setup as others on here have, but I think I am still doing something wrong. I basically go from the co2 tank to a 2 way manifold with check valves, 1 goes to a line that I can use to feed the head pressure. the other goes to the flow meter that gitchegumee suggested from Mcmaster. After the flow meter I have another check valve (to protect the flow meter), then to the 6 inch Glacier tanks carb stone. There is another valve right on at the carbstone. The wetting pressure of the stone seems to be close to 10 psi, but will stay bubbling down until about 5 psi when tested without the flow meter in a bucket of water. I connected the stone to my flow meter and manifold and was able to control the flow while in the bucket. I Installed everything, filled the bright tank with beer. At the temp I was going to have the tank at, I figured that I needed about 13 psi to get the carb level I wanted, so I set the co2 tank head space to about 13 psi, then set the pressure to the stone at 23 psi. I slowly turned the knob on the flow meter, the ball started to rise up in the meter, then would almost instantly drop down, no matter much I turn the knob. The only way to get the flow meter ball to stay floating is to set the co2 pressure up to 30 psi.
When I was trying this the beer was still at about 58 degrees f.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
When I was trying this the beer was still at about 58 degrees f.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
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