Very cool. A standard under-counter water filter before the keg would be a nice addition.
@MrDinorex33
7 ай бұрын
Cuts down on the hard water into the keg and leads to less cleaning
@KelvinGreyheart
13 күн бұрын
Try ptfe tubing if you want minimal flavor contamination. It's teflon lined. I used it for aquarium stuff because it reduced gas losses by quite a bit, but that same lack permittivity also makes it very low flavor. Also, get a stainless tap. Off the shelf ones from a hardware store are going to degrade and contaminate your water with some less than pleasant compounds. Everything after the check valve should be either stainless or plastic.
@punkdigerati
4 ай бұрын
I would suggest only using stainless or plastic faucets for seltzer, the carbonic acid can eat away at many metals which will be dissolved into it when you drink it. Same for other soda dispensing or wine, even flat wine with nitrogen. Beer isn't as carbonated/acidic and plated brass fittings can last longer, but still wear through with time.
@ericness9660
7 ай бұрын
Love the idea. I was just looking at how to hook up a larger CO2 tank to my DrinkMate because those refills are way overpriced for CO2. But I didn’t realize there were different grades of CO2 so I’m glad I watched this video to learn that
@OliverHoerold
7 ай бұрын
I also use this special keg lid and I love it. Cheers, great video!
@nova31337
5 ай бұрын
Where can you find this lid?
@williamwong3316
2 ай бұрын
Hi could you share where I could buy this cap, many thanks.
@mmr159
Ай бұрын
@@nova31337google continuous soda carbonator keg lid Most brewing shops have them.
@mmr159
Ай бұрын
@@williamwong3316google continuous soda carbonator keg lid
@lelanddyke8386
3 ай бұрын
oh wow. I've looked at a ton of ways to do this, and I've never come across the keg, just a bunch of expensive pumps. not much excuse not to, now
@lifeinbuyck
7 ай бұрын
Awesome find! been making my own seltzer water for year but always have to refill my corney keg by hand when it runs out.. and you dont have to deal with the mccann carbonator.
@mmr159
Ай бұрын
How did you manage to serve the soda water so nicely? 40 psi would be like a fire hose of bubbly water?
@SeanQuinn4
7 ай бұрын
Oh jeez, now the devil in me is curious if our fridge dispenser valve/plumbing could hold this pressure 🤔 we have an RO setup, coupling it into some form of carbonation setup has beem on my bucket list, but is probably outside the realm of fitting in our current home 😅 bookmarked this for that future occasion, though 🤘
@globglob3d
6 ай бұрын
Exactly what I needed, now to find a cornelius keg somehow...
@UAVfutures
7 ай бұрын
awesome man. ive got a DIY solution hooked up to my soda stream but your solution on tap is awesome. not you just got to figure out how to auto make the CO2 lol
@anthonydellaragione81
6 ай бұрын
Excellent
@wearemany73
7 ай бұрын
I love it 🥰
@hassiaschbi
7 ай бұрын
cool! what is your take on integrating that into a reverse osmosis system?
@lifeinbuyck
7 ай бұрын
what ball lock are you using for the water in?
@zzresolute
2 ай бұрын
Cool Idea and I like the setup. I found all the parts except I cannot find the Continuous sparkling water keg lid with the special float valve. Do you have a parts list and source you can share?
@nathanbuildsdiy
2 ай бұрын
I'll get a parts list together. For starters here's where I got the soda top: cornykeg.com/products/continuous-soda-carbonator-keg-lid There are other retailers that carry it though. I was trying to avoid endorsing one over another.
@zzresolute
2 ай бұрын
@@nathanbuildsdiy thank you much!
@thepopemichael
4 ай бұрын
Its a lot cheaper than a McCanns Carbonator. I paid $600 new foe one and it does the same...
@tatertot3454
4 ай бұрын
So since you have the McCann can you tell me pros and cons of it in relation to this system? I’m guessing your Carbonator can make water faster?
@KelvinGreyheart
13 күн бұрын
@@tatertot3454 It's faster yeah. These passive systems have a significant recharge time if you drain them heavily. The fresh water needs to cool down and absorb the gas. For a few people using it, that's fine, but you can pretty easily drain it enough to reduce the fizz if you're pouring pitchers of it for a party or something. The powered systems operate at significantly higher pressure (you can run them all the way up to around 120 psi if you want) so you can get much stronger carbonation, even at higher temperatures, and they carbonate fast enough for continuous use if you're running the water through a cooling loop. The big mac can do around 100 gallons/hr at full carbonation if you're setup correctly. Note that without a proper flow control tap you'll be burning most of the carbonation (and you can see that in her glass in the video, most of the gas is escaping very fast), so the benefits of going to higher PSI aren't that notable unless you're not refrigerating stuff prior to dispensing.
@adrianomauri2247
2 ай бұрын
isnt a condition for this system to work, to have the tap water pressure higher than the CO2 pressure after the regulator? otherwise i dont understand how you could possible fill the keg
@Originalsunrunner20
2 ай бұрын
Yes. Your tap pressure will have to be above the regulator output pressure- and a little above that because it'll be compressing CO2 space to fill with water. You can use the Ideal Gas Law (Pv=NRT) to find the approximate values. And, if your water pressure is too low, you can buy a booster pump, may not need a booster tank at all.
@Z__K217
3 ай бұрын
Greeting Nathan. Thanks for this. I would rather connect a large bottle of filtered water to the kegerator - I am thinking I would need a flowjet (pump) to apply pressure to fill the kegerator. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks !
@nathanbuildsdiy
3 ай бұрын
You could pour the filtered water directly into the keg. If you want to have a separate bottle for the filtered water you'd have to pressurize it somehow to force it in there. I think residential water pressure is actually pretty high, so a pump is probably the way to go. perhaps try a diaphragm pump from amazon and see if it can produce enough pressure to force the water in?
@Z__K217
3 ай бұрын
@@nathanbuildsdiy Agreed. Thanks again.
@williamwong3316
2 ай бұрын
Hi Nathanbuild, where I could find this Cornelius keg cap for water coming in. Thanks William
@user-no5yi1fm9s
6 күн бұрын
aliexpress
@1over137
2 ай бұрын
My mains water pressure is only 16psi :( Cant fill a keg at 40psi
@Kickassgamingable
8 күн бұрын
You’re not filling it from the tap at that pressure. It’s the co2 cylinder carbonating it at that pressure.
@marvlb
3 ай бұрын
Some parts list would have made this video somewhat useful. Just laziness not providing list.
@pleasebitt
4 ай бұрын
I just stumbled across your channel and it literally is what I want to do as an engineer. I am currently an undergrad and watching your videos give me inspiration and motivation to do projects. Thank you!
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