The Importance of Cleaning...

[Nosybear]

I usually toss them in a tub of water and take them apart to soak. Sometimes hops get stuck in them and it doesn't flow right. But you can always just flow a bunch through them too, won't hurt anything.

I follow this method with an added twist: I use hot cleaning solutions. Each of my ball valves has hot caustic and acid run through them during my CIP procedure.

 

[west1m]

If you're running BLC or other appropriate beverage line cleaner through your lines and faucets, as you should be periodically, you shouldn't need to disassemble them unless they are obstructed. Every time I disconnect one from the post, I give it a couple of good sprays with Stasan solution too. Disassembly is petty simple if needed.

I guess I didn't pay enough attention to the fitting. I kinda thought they were one piece all glued together forever. I had one on the tool box and after actually looking at it I see there is a screw top on it that allows the top to be disassembled. Take a look at what I found in there.

 

[BarbarianBrewer]

I used to write it as mr_skittle, which is much more clear. There must have been some places that wouldn't accept the underscore so I switched it to mrskittle and so it stands. In our phallocentric society assuming everyone will read it as Mr Skittle was just a given. I guess that shows I'm just as susceptible to sexist assumptions as anyone else.

I assumed it was Mr. Skittle purely because I thought it was a reference to the candy.

 

[Megary]

I guess I didn't pay enough attention to the fitting. I kinda thought they were one piece all glued together forever. I had one on the tool box and after actually looking at it I see there is a screw top on it that allows the top to be disassembled. Take a look at what I found in there.

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Is that your gas disconnect??

I take my liquid (black) disconnect apart after every kicked keg for a good soaking and scrubbing, but I only occasionally clean my gas (gray) disconnect. That might have to change.
Be careful not to lose that little flat washer that seals the top. If you soak it in a cup, it usually floats on top and is easily, accidentally dumped down the drain.

 

[west1m]

That was just an extra in the tool box. I have since taken my others apart except the ones currently on my kegs and those looked clean.

 

[GFHomebrew]

That is some serious crud!

 

[Hawkbox]

Yup, if you end up wiht hops in the keg it can really plug those things up.