Help with Keg CO2 pressure loss

Kegging
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Hey all, new brewer and kegger here:

So I bought the keg kit from the NB website, and I am doing the “set it and forget it method” to carb my beer. My keezer is set at about 36* and I am keeping the pressure at 11psi… Kegging the NB Cream Ale.

Twice now I have I had to go back and increase the pressure in the keg back up to 11, once it was at 7 and just now it was at 4… I did the bubble test yesterday and no leaks at any of the connections from the CO2 tank, regulator, anything. I can’t feel or hear any gas leaking out of anywhere from any connections or the lid of the keg… Any ideas on what is going on? Is this a normal thing to happen as the CO2 dissolves in the beer? Thanks!

:cheers:

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Are you leaving the gas connected to the keg and turned on at 11 PSI all the time, or have you been disconnecting/ shuting off the gas.

If you are leaving it on, I would say faulty regulator.

If you are disconnecting/shutting off the gas that is your problem. The gas needs to remain connected at all times when carbing via the set it and forget it method.

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I’m leaving it all connected. Just going in and checking to make sure everything is still the same and noticing pressure drops… I just increased the PSI to 30 for 2 minutes, because I read somewhere else that maybe the lid wasn’t set all the way… so we’ll see…if that doesn’t work I’ll be going to get a new regulator I guess.