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Originally Posted by Scott Zuhse
Stopped by a Chili's recently to assist techs troubleshooting an issue with one line on a 45' glycol system with Flo jet pumps. They had already replaced just about everything including trunk line. One product, Miller Lite on line four, continues to cause issues. Two to almost three glasses will pour clear and then suddenly nothing but foam.
These guys replaced the trunk line, regulator for pressure to the keg, coupler, faucet, splicers between connections, bypassed the pump as well as replaced, placed other products on the line, switched pressure lines form one coupler to the next, confirmed power pack was operating correctly and the only item not replaced was the tower.
What is strange is as soon as the foam hits, the faucet is closed immediately and when opened shortly thereafter, it is clear as a bell. This system has ****ed in the past. Seems as soon as Ultra was replaced by Lite, problem began.
Any ideas?
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I call bs
Gas break-out in the cooler, BEFORE the pump. Jumper, tailpieces, or coupler. this is an old-school keg-box type problem
did ya ask them to flashlight test it? Glasstender has clear jumpers.
Keg/cooler temp
too little primary regulator CO2 pressure
primary-regulator-->secondary-regulator-->keg
Is it really balanced? Too little secondary pressure.
broken reefer on keg truck (it takes hours to days to chill a keg in some coolers)
coupler-probe washer
greasy soil in the hose
too much restriction: not enough flow rate to flush gas pockets from trunk line.
I haven't the energy to defend pump systems right now, but do you really get more service calls from flo-jets than you do for idiots running out of N2? Every system-type has drawbacks.
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Glasstender: now thats what a stainless faucet looks like!