{"id":129,"date":"2022-03-28T20:18:10","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T20:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outfitthehouse.com\/?p=129"},"modified":"2022-03-28T20:18:11","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T20:18:11","slug":"do-you-turn-off-co2-on-a-kegerator-best-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outfitthehouse.com\/do-you-turn-off-co2-on-a-kegerator-best-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Turn Off Co2 on a Kegerator? Best\u00a0Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Kegerators are small refrigerators specifically designed to hold and refrigerate kegs of beer for use in bars, breweries, and even at home. These kegerators use CO2 gas to carbonate beer which will propel beer against gravity to the top of a beer tap, out of which the beer then flows. A common question that homebrewers and bartenders have is whether or not they should turn off the CO2 on their kegerator when they’re not using it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kegerators have regulators with shut-off valves and safety measures to prevent CO2 from escaping while the tap isn’t in use. If you have already charged up your keg, it is OK if you want to turn off the gas to prevent over carbonating your beer.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n There aren’t safety requirements one way or the other as to whether or not you should turn the CO2 off on your kegerator. However, just to be on the safe side, turning it off when the keg is disconnected or you’re not using it isn’t a bad idea. In this article, we’ll go into more detail about why this is a good idea and whether or not it’s ok to leave your CO2 on all the time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If you want the quick and dirty answer, I turn my gas on and carbonate the beer for several days. After it is fully carbonated, I will turn the gas off. Every few days I will give it a charge of co2 by turning on the gas for a while and upping the pressure then turning it off. It is as simple as that. I have lost too much co2 due to leaky fittings. Perhaps I should get better at checking by reading my own article below.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nDon’t Want to Read the Full Article? Here’s what I do:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Do you leave CO2 on all the time for a keg?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n