CO2 Regulator

[alexlark]

Depends on how many kegs your planning on using at the same time. If it's just the 1 can you not send the wrong reg back?

I've got a welding reg, used on 1 keg and when I upgraded to 2 kegs I added a secondary regulator.

If all your beers are to be carbed and served at the same pressure then you can split the gas line with 'Y' splitters. If you want to (for example) server a beer and lager then you will need at least 1 secondary regulator to achieve 2 different gas pressures.

If your only ever going to be using 1 keg I would get a regulator with the correct gauge.


EDIT: If you bought the reg from the ebay seller langleysteelworks it looks like they have swapped the listing since I bought mine. They still do 1 with a PSI gauge:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CO2-Single-St ... 0889659970

[Will333]

I'm still looking for a regulator - most of them don't seem to have to gauges with psi/bar...

I found this one:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HomeBrew-Brew ... 1833793156

is that quite expensive? Is there one which is good for homebrewing? (ie has right gauges)

[Wonkydonkey]

This is the one I got, yeh it's LPH or what ever, but I think it makes no difference, even if it said CFH. AFAICS the regs work a bit like butane/propane regs, and that is if you put your finger over the gas outlet you can stop the gas comming out. So the more LPH or minute you turn the dial the more pressure is at the outlet and at some point you will not be able to stop it comming out. If you get my drift. so if the max low side is 4bar then that is approx 60 psi, but it has a dial so we turn it back to what ever we want
It may well not be the same seller but it is the same regulator.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Co2-Mig-Welde ... SwEeFU~03s

the only reason I got another gauge was, at first when I was force carbing I just put what ever pressure I could in the keg then I could see over a day or so the beer absorb the co2 and I could see when the pressure was static and depending on beer temp I could work out the carbonation level of that beer. But as time went on I changed my setup a bit and swapped things around. Also the FE fell over and bent the low pressure gauge.

Anyway on a last note. You could always email the seller and ask them.
A long typing session but I hope it makes sence.

[Wonkydonkey]

Now this is what I'm trying to say, but you have the whole thread to read. Take from it what you need and enjoy the rest.

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread. ... 665&page=2

And one guy says like I said put another gauge down stream, and see what the gauge says and compaire to the low pressure side.

If it did not work like a butane/propane reg it would not stop comming out once it reaches the set pressure.....

If you don't buy one now I've said this, I will or better still

I hope this helps..