I built a very primitive carbonator about 10 years ago. It's simply a tire filler stem drilled into a soda cap, with a regular on the tank set to 50psi. Screw it on a bottle of cold water, and then shake it for a count of 60. I did that for years. Good workout! After the divorce, I discovered that cold water with simply pressurized CO2 will carbonate if left for 24 hours!!! So I built a passive system with two bottles in parallel with a CO2 line and quick disconnects on the bottles. And then I tapped one of them out to a beer tap right into my main fridge door. Heh. When the tapped bottle is empty, I swap the resting bottle to the tap, then connect a new bottle to rest. It's still a bit of work, but a whole lot less! And quite cheap to build! (Those pumps and carbonators are _expensive!!_ Great build though! Very slick!)
the good part is that i found the carbonator and an 8 flavor tap with ice bath in a walk in dumpster by a restaurant that went out of business. all i had to buy was the syrup pumps
the 1 gallon im using seems to dissolve really quickly. especially at about 36f. it seems to have been designed to run at room temp, as the pump was attached to the side. it used to have a 150psi pump with a float to refill water when it was low. i removed it when i realized it never came on because my 100psi water pump was keeping it full before the float ever dropped. my first attempt was in a water cooler with parts from a samsung fridge that had a seltzer dispenser inside. i automated it to fill water and pulse a valve to let air out until the carbonator was full. then it'd fill the gas from a sodastream tank. ruclips.net/video/-yO3BNOGdjU/видео.html
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That's one beautiful build!!🎉
I built a very primitive carbonator about 10 years ago. It's simply a tire filler stem drilled into a soda cap, with a regular on the tank set to 50psi.
Screw it on a bottle of cold water, and then shake it for a count of 60.
I did that for years. Good workout!
After the divorce, I discovered that cold water with simply pressurized CO2 will carbonate if left for 24 hours!!!
So I built a passive system with two bottles in parallel with a CO2 line and quick disconnects on the bottles.
And then I tapped one of them out to a beer tap right into my main fridge door. Heh.
When the tapped bottle is empty, I swap the resting bottle to the tap, then connect a new bottle to rest.
It's still a bit of work, but a whole lot less! And quite cheap to build! (Those pumps and carbonators are _expensive!!_ Great build though! Very slick!)
the good part is that i found the carbonator and an 8 flavor tap with ice bath in a walk in dumpster by a restaurant that went out of business. all i had to buy was the syrup pumps
@@PirateTVProductions wow nice!!
this is the first video i shot on my meta glasses. i wish they would shoot widescreen, but i love having both hands free and the sound is good too
the 1 gallon im using seems to dissolve really quickly. especially at about 36f. it seems to have been designed to run at room temp, as the pump was attached to the side. it used to have a 150psi pump with a float to refill water when it was low. i removed it when i realized it never came on because my 100psi water pump was keeping it full before the float ever dropped. my first attempt was in a water cooler with parts from a samsung fridge that had a seltzer dispenser inside. i automated it to fill water and pulse a valve to let air out until the carbonator was full. then it'd fill the gas from a sodastream tank. ruclips.net/video/-yO3BNOGdjU/видео.html
Nice!
Do Sirup and Water mix "naturally" or is there anything which helps mixing those two? Maybe carbonation aids with that?
There's a nozzle on the dispenser that swirls them together. It works with non carbonated things like lemonade and fruit drinks
Awesome work! What did you use to power your valves? I have six valves myself but don't know what I'd need to plug the molex connectors into.
Mine came with a transformer. I believe they're 18v ac. I think a doorbell transformer should do it.
@@PirateTVProductions Thanks. Just one would do it for a 3-6? Sorry, electronics isn't my expertise and I'm coming from using a Wunder-Bar gun.
Hey are you going a corruptor accounting a soda dispenser horizon and real life crossover 😉
I just made a solar panels that looks like a sunwing