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mturner · #1 (**permalink**) 12-21-2007, 05:43 PM

I searched the forums and haven't seen any posts similar to this in the last 8 months. I'm now on my second Danby (Draught Tech) regulator for the same reason. The reg seemed to work fine for the first week or so and then I go to adjust it and it will only turn about 1 rotation. I took the first one back and exchanged it and the second worked fine for another week. I went to adjust it tonight because I was getting a surge of foam in the first glass and the screw won't move.

Any thoughts? Is anyone else going through this?

Thanks for all the help!

psychodad · #2 (**permalink**) 12-21-2007, 06:38 PM

Make sure you have the lock nut backed out a couple of turns before trying to adjust it. If you just lossen it, it often will tend to tighten as you are adjusting the center screw.

mturner · #3 (**permalink**) 12-21-2007, 10:28 PM

I've got the nut al the way back, it's not causing the problem. Any other thoughts?

psychodad · #4 (**permalink**) 12-22-2007, 06:47 PM

Mayhaps you unscrewed it all the way. This still shouldn't have locked it up, but it is all I can think of.

BTW, the surge of foam from your first draw isn't coming from your co2 settings, it is likely from a warm tower or the Danby's poor ability to properly keep the beer the correct temperature.

mturner · #5 (**permalink**) 01-08-2008, 11:40 AM

Thanks for the help. Ultimately, I ended up just ponying up for the MM regulator. If nothing else, it looks better!
I think the issue may have been the threading on the Danby (Draught Tech) regulator. It had a very tight thread that wasn't terribly deep, so I'm guessing that the thing just got cross-threaded on me. The one that I got from MM has huge threads and a twist adjustment rather than the screw. That makes it easy with no tools.

Thanks again for the help.

mturner · #6 (**permalink**) 01-08-2008, 11:42 AM

Oh, I also stuck the temp sensor in a glass of water and that has made a difference. Soon, I'll wind up at radio shack and do the resistor mod (assuming that I can talk the wife into letting me screw around with it some more...)

lunkhead · #7 (**permalink**) 01-10-2008, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by mturner

Oh, I also stuck the temp sensor in a glass of water and that has made a difference. Soon, I'll wind up at radio shack and do the resistor mod (assuming that I can talk the wife into letting me screw around with it some more...)

If your wife likes cold beer she will.

mturner · #8 (**permalink**) 01-14-2008, 09:54 AM

Thanks for the vote of confidence!