Beer will come out, cleaning solution won't go in...

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  1. crutch

    crutch Initiate (0) Jul 9, 2010 Washington

    I have a beer line cleaning system that connects to the faucet then you pump in the solution and it comes out the tap.

    Its a two faucet tower and I removed both faucets and started cleaning, the first faucet worked fine, the second one is completely clogged. The strange part is that if I reattach the faucet and hook up a keg, it will flow out of the faucet just fine.

    When I take the faucet off again and hook up the keg cleaning system it won't flow...

    any idea?

    Its not the keg cleaning system because it still works fine on the other faucet
     
    #1 crutch, Nov 22, 2014
  2. DougC123

    DougC123 Savant (1,186) Aug 21, 2012 Connecticut

    Couplers have removable check balls inside of them to prevent beer from back flowing when you un tap the keg. Sounds to me like one of your couplers has one and one doesn't (or one is stuck) . You ordinarily should remove the coupler from the line when you back flush. You can check this by blowing in the beer flow direction and seeing that the air comes out, reverse it and it shouldn't come out.
     
    #2 DougC123, Nov 22, 2014
  3. IceAce

    IceAce Pooh-Bah (2,274) Jan 8, 2004 California
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    Since your cleaning system hooks up to the faucet, one of the best ways to clean both lines simultaneously is to use a 'Cleaning Cup'

    Link: http://www.micromatic.com/draft-keg-beer/line-cleaning-pid-FT110AB-MM.html

    This piece of equipment uses a ball lifter to open the coupler passageway and you can hook your two couplers together. Cleaning solution then goes in one faucet and returns out the other faucet.

    One you get on a regular cleaning regimen (14 days is recommended), you can switch which faucet is used as the inlet...effectively allowing you to 'back-flush' each side of the system once per month.

    Isn't this fun?
     
    #3 IceAce, Nov 22, 2014
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