I just bought three of these GW Kent carbonation stones. Having two problems, which I thought I'd run by you guys and gals while I'm thinking about it.
First: no gas will flow through the check valve as shipped, even up to 30PSI. The check valve has this metal sleeve around it:
It looks like the sleeve is bottoming in the housing, pinching the check valve shut. You can see here with and without the sleeve:
When I remove the sleeve, gas is able to flow, which brings me to problem #2: once the gas is flowing, most of it seems to leak out of the joint between the stone and the plastic washer. No matter how hard I tighten things down. I get some gas coming out through the stone, but the majority seems to blow right out that joint when I do a bubble test.
Suggestions are welcome!
First: no gas will flow through the check valve as shipped, even up to 30PSI. The check valve has this metal sleeve around it:
It looks like the sleeve is bottoming in the housing, pinching the check valve shut. You can see here with and without the sleeve:
When I remove the sleeve, gas is able to flow, which brings me to problem #2: once the gas is flowing, most of it seems to leak out of the joint between the stone and the plastic washer. No matter how hard I tighten things down. I get some gas coming out through the stone, but the majority seems to blow right out that joint when I do a bubble test.
Suggestions are welcome!
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