we had a storm and haven't had power for a out 10 hours. I cut off the co2 from my tank to my kegs. Is there anything I should do?
Really no need to do even that, there is no risk of over carbing. As temperature rises the beer will be looking for higher pressure to stay balanced. Have a drink and relax. Oh, and get a generator for the kegerator.
You would have a problem only if you didn't have check valves on your gas lines. As the temperature rises, the head pressure increases, so you'd lose carbonation unless you shut off the CO2, which you did (I assume you shut it off after the regulator. Shutting it off at the tank won't prevent this.). If you have check valves, then, indeed, you don't need to do anything.
I just closes the valve at the regulator but left the tank on. I noticed just now that the dial shows 16 psi going into the distributor but I only had it set to 12 psi for 2 kegs.
Ever since the outage, my kegerator doesn't seem to be as cool. There is no ice on the cooling element now as opposed to prior outage. I have taken my 2 5 gallon kegs and put them into my deep freezer holding at 33 F +- 1 degree. Hopefully the temperature in my kegerator can come down a little bit more. Is there something I could do to help it?
Ice on the cooling element is a bad thing, and makes it inefficient. Ice on the element is caused by moisture in the ambient air, either from opening the door too often or a bad gasket seal on the door. A good defrost like you had is good for it. You need to get actual temperatures "doesn't seem as cold" doesn't cut it. Beer temp is what you need, not air temp. The kegs are likely going to be too cold now and you will have to wait for everything to re acclimate before really figuring this out. You could throw a 5 gallon bucket of water in there for the time being.
Temperature is personal preference for the most part, but professional installers will tell you around 37-38. Too warm and it will be impossible to balance properly. Any colder and the beer will freeze your taste buds and you won't get the full flavor of the beer. You need to invest in a thermometer.
