OK. I ordered and received the dual gauge. Hooked it up and got it to 500 PSI (Is this called the high gauge?) Anyway, I then turned off the knob on top of the Co2 tank and left open the shut off valve on the regulator. The 500 dropped to zero in about 5 minutes.
SO, I put soap suds on both ends of the gas line at the connecting points and found the gas leaking on the regulator where it connects to the gas line, it was actually leaking at the connecing point where the nozzel connects AND behind the wing nut on the regulator on the copper gas line....SO, I took plumbers tape and put wrapped the threaded nozzel on the tank so it would seal better, and also wrapped the tape REALLY THICK behind the wing nut on the regulator where gas was escaping.
I THOUGHT this solved my problem since when I did the leak test again the needle seemed to stay put, HOWEVER when I re-checked the readings in a coupple hours, it was down to 250PSI...so I must have only slowed the leak down??? Is this normal or should the needle drop over hours????
I NEED SERIOUS HELP!!!! Am I doing right by using plumbers tape to wrap around the nozzel? My cuppler seems fine since I suds the heck out of that and I see no bubbles....in fact, I re-soaped the regulator connections too after I noticed it at 250psi and couldn't see bubbles. I have sudsed the beer tower faucet, NOTHING, gas line...NOTHING.
I know this thread won't go away w/ my continuous questions, but I am at a loss...am I doing right???
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