In a moment of zeal about a month after I'd completed my kegerator conversion and actually had more than one Cornelius keg of brew up, I ordered a 2 port CO2 distributor (K242) and foam-free tubing kit (KX05) from Northern Brewer.
About a week later, I got a chance to install them both into the kegerator so it was possible to run two kegs at the same time, albeit only one through the faucet. (It's easier to keep the good stuff hidden from the room-mates that way.) However, I noticed that after I'd made these changes, even with both valves on the CO2 distributor closed, there was still a faint hissing from the CO2 regulator. So I got in the habit of just shutting the main valve on the regulator off as a precaution.
Fast forward to this past Saturday...
I'd kegged up my Czech Pilsner over the week and added some priming sugar to carbonate it. Unfortunately, I was starting to get a bit antsy to drink the brew since all of the tastings along the way had been very promising. So in my impatience, I dialed up the pressure on the CO2 regulator and left it to force-carbonate overnight.
And by the time I woke up on Sunday, all of the CO2 in my 5lb. tank had escaped. (In hindsight, this seems even dumber than it seemed at the time.)
So, I'll be posting a review about how well the commercial leak-detector stuff works at some point this weekend...
