have a norgren secondary regulator. havent used it in quite a while and now for some reason its giving me headaches.
i took the fittings off and rearranged them to have gas on one side, plug on the other, new gauge on top; all done with nice teflon tape wrapping, nice and tight. the gas in is via a 1/4npt to flare fitting, with a duotight flare to push fitting on it.
one odd thing- the gauge on the primary says nearly 20psi, but the secondary goesnt go over 14. im assuming this is from a sticky check valve on primary...
it wont stop leaking. sprayed with star san, cant find leak. checked everything, the check/ball valve out, the plug, the incoming, and the top gauge. cant find any leak. even sprayed the PRV to see if that was leaking. i tightened the hell out of everything. even the plastic regulator cover. went so far as to use a plastic washer between the brass flare fitting and the duotight fitting thinking that may be it.
still leaking. i know the primary setup doesnt leak. so its gotta be something at the secondary.
i'm pretty much out of troubleshooting ideas except for the big one- put the assembly in water and try and see bubbles. but im a bit hesitant to do that since i dont know the gauge would be happy if it got wet.
anybody else have any ideas on finding the leak?
i took the fittings off and rearranged them to have gas on one side, plug on the other, new gauge on top; all done with nice teflon tape wrapping, nice and tight. the gas in is via a 1/4npt to flare fitting, with a duotight flare to push fitting on it.
one odd thing- the gauge on the primary says nearly 20psi, but the secondary goesnt go over 14. im assuming this is from a sticky check valve on primary...
it wont stop leaking. sprayed with star san, cant find leak. checked everything, the check/ball valve out, the plug, the incoming, and the top gauge. cant find any leak. even sprayed the PRV to see if that was leaking. i tightened the hell out of everything. even the plastic regulator cover. went so far as to use a plastic washer between the brass flare fitting and the duotight fitting thinking that may be it.
still leaking. i know the primary setup doesnt leak. so its gotta be something at the secondary.
i'm pretty much out of troubleshooting ideas except for the big one- put the assembly in water and try and see bubbles. but im a bit hesitant to do that since i dont know the gauge would be happy if it got wet.
anybody else have any ideas on finding the leak?