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Posted:  19 Nov 2007 00:25

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I bought a Haier tower kegerator and the CO2 doesn't appear to be pushing the beer.  The tank is not empty, the tap is working properly, the american coupler is hooked to an american beer and is not missing any parts, the are no leaks/kinks in any of the lines, and no matter how high or low the regulator is set the beer has virtually No Flow.  It just drizzles foam and pisses me off.  Can anyone help me? I will be your best friend.
Posted:  27 Nov 2007 14:46

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Turn off you C02 and disconect the line at the keg coupler. slowly turn the C02 on. If the regulator is set to 10-14 psi you will hear and feel the C02 coming out of the line you disconnected. If there's no pressure escaping then the regulator may be bad or the C02 valve may be bad. Disconnecting the line from the bottle and opening the valve will tell if the bottle is bad. Now, if it all works OK at this point then the keg coupler may be at fault. I've never had a bad keg or heard of one but murphys law makes it possible. Good luck
Posted:  08 Dec 2007 06:19   Last Edited By: mykegeratorissick

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Strawman is my new best friend.

Haier graciously left out 2 important pieces.  First one was the flange valve that goes between the CO2 tank and the regulator to prevent CO2 leakage. Second, there was the piece that is placed in between the plastic BB and the line that runs to the tap in the coupler, without this the BB was blocking the flow and causing the main problem. Stupid Haier.

Now I'm just tweeking the psi so if anyone has any suggestions I'm all ears. 10 is too much and 2 is too little. 5 gives a beer to foam ratio of 1:1. Kegerators are awesome.