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Posted:  23 Feb 2019 22:31

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My wife got me an Insignia Kegerator for VDAY, now I was little frustrated at first because the thermostat dial on the back is numbered 1-6 but no wording of which is cold and coldest, and I could not get the internal temperature of the fridge to be consistent (even with two thermometers at the top and bottom of inside), I wanted it to be . It would fluctuate between 10 degrees from top and bottom. Side note, only keg that will ever be in my kegerator is Coors Light, I know I know, most people hate it and think its gross, but that's what I like lol.

The Insignia Manual the kegerator came with is absolute horrible. No idea, of how to adjust and set up pressure and use coupler. Anyways....I hooked all the lines up, and tightened everything correctly. Now here is the one frustration.......the c02 air lines are all hooked up to coupler and c02, but nothing is turned on, 

1. Do I tap the keg first, and then c02 tank on and then turn shut off valve to open and adjust pressure or vice versa?

When adjusting pressure, once I turn all c02 on, and move regulator screw to correct pressure which for coors light I'm told is about 14-16psi, do I pull pressure relief pin on regulator wait a minute, then readjust a final time??

Also, Do I ever have to pull the pressure relief pin on the coupler that attaches to the keg? Whether it be during tapping, or after tapping the keg, or after setting the pressure on regulator ???

Thats basically my frustration/confusion...I am almost certain I ruined my first keg, because I had everything dialed in to my liking (except the first pour being sort of foamy) but ordered one of those amazon Coldpour tower fan coolers, and installed it, and everything went to hell...The tower cooler def made my tower faucet was much colder, but the temperature fluctuation was horrible inside the fridge from the cooler fan circulating the air inside the fridge, I let everything be overnight and when I woke up the temperatures on both bottom and middle ish area of fridge were 20 degrees. And I know I don't/shouldnt have anything 20 degrees. 

I took the tower fan cooler out, and went back to original set up without it, but now it seems I'm literally getting all foam on every pour, even filled a pitcher, filled a couple of cups, and nothing but foam. I had it perfect before, minus the first pour being half foam (which I woulda taken at this point, over ruining my keg now, and not knowing what I did to mess everything up). I want to figure this all out, before my next keg, or I'm giving up on this kegerator life before I even start it lol. I think my keg is all foam now, because even when I lifted it it felt a lot lighter. I def did not go through a 1/4 keg since last saturday being I only had a couple glasses during the week. Please help, because I would love to get this all corrected once and for all.