WHY IS MY GAUGE USELESS? [WHAT YOUR TANK PRESSURE GAUGE IS ACTUALLY TELLING YOU]
I get a lot of confused calls from my customers, and from end users, asking me what the reading on the tank pressure gauge is actually telling them. Well, hopefully it's telling them a truth. Unfortunately, like a lot of truths, it may not be the truth that they are hoping to hear. What your gauge is telling you depends on the type of gauge, and what it is reporting on. The first question is, what sort of gas is in the tank? The second question is, what gauge are you looking at? 3rd, what does the gauge measure, and in what units? The gases we most commonly interact with, as it pertains to beverage dispense, are carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrogen (N2). Sometimes, we might be dealing with beer gas, AKA Aligal , AKA G-gas, these are simply Trade and Trademark names for specific Blends of CO2 and N2, which may or may not be the best choice for your beer system, but are often a "better" choice. I will tackle that one in a different blog, aft...