cornie gas question

[wetdog]

my cornie tap came today from Norm so I shot out and got myself a bottle of CO2 from a local supplier. I got my regulator from Scooby so I'm good to go as soon as I have something to put into my cornie.
just one question though, do you turn the gas bottle off at the end of the drinking session or leave it on until the cornie is empty?

[Scooby]

To carbonate the beer in a cornie you need to apply pressure for about a week, the co2 is slowly absorbed into solution and reaches equilibrium in that time. If you are confident that you have a 'tight' system you can just set the reg to the desired pressure and forget.

The same applies when in use just set and forget until the end of the cornie. In practice most people prefer not to take a chance and open the gas to pressurise say twice a day for the carbonation period and then just open for the session and close at the end.

[dopejack]

Got my cornie from Norm today too! So reading all I can about them. I've got a Batemans XXXB that's dropped bright in the secondary which I'm really tempted to put in it, except I've just washed out forty five bottles! Got a Courage Directors that can go into the secondary then though, so think that ones destined for the cornie. I've ordered one of the hand held CO2 injectors for now, are they ok? I'll get a proper set up in time.
Cheers

[wetdog]

Cheers, Chris. I think I'll keep it open while I'm in and turn it off when I go out or to bed until I trust it

[Parva]

I always turn my gas off, even when I'm carbonating a beer I'll turn it on and back off a few times for the first couple of days. Whilst I can get a refill for £10 if I did happen to lose all of the gas it's a pain having to cart the heavy cylinder around to get it swopped and for the sake of just turning the gas on and back off occasionally I'll live with it.

[Northern Brewer]

I always turn my gas off, even when I'm carbonating a beer

I do likewise. Gas isn't expensive but it's capable of causing asphyxiation in the wrong circumstances (such as in my cellar), and whilst cheap, it's still a pain to replace. I once had a cylinder disappear in no time due the merest of leaks in my channel system.