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Contents:
  Carbon Dioxide adapters for Small Tanks ("Wallace, Robert S [EEOBS]")
  Sodastream ("Steve Johnson")


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Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:12:28 +0000
From: "Wallace, Robert S [EEOBS]" <rwallace at iastate.edu>
Subject: Carbon Dioxide adapters for Small Tanks

Pat Babcock asked:

"Has anyone put together a rig to refill the little Cylinders from a

draft system tank? Also, wondering if anyone has figured out an

adapter to make those little cylinders useful for our draft systems?"

I can't help you with the Sodastream CO2 system or refilling it, but I did
make an "emergency" adapter which has a CGA 320 male carbon dioxide fitting
that I can mount my beer system regulator on that adapts to a 1/8" NPT
fitting on my son's paintball CO2 supply hose.	I can get the paintball
cylinder refilled almost any time at a sports store here in town, even on
weekends.  The local machine and welding supply store set me up with this
simple two part adapter which gives me some insurance that I will always have
enough CO2 around to dispense my beer at parties, etc. if my main tank is
getting uncomfortably low in gas.  It is worth the ca. $10 investment, just
for the pace of mind.  It may be possible to do the same thing with the soda
system canisters.

Good luck with the new soda system!!  (I was looking at getting one of these
too!)

Rob Wallace

Ames, Iowa 

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Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 07:50:26 -0600
From: "Steve Johnson" <sjohnson3 at comcast.net>
Subject: Sodastream

Pat, I was wondering the same thing when I first saw the Sodastream
advertisement.

In particular, I was wondering about how it might be used to charge up a PET
bottle

for use with a liter or so of beer to take to our homebrew club meetings.
I've been 

using those special carbonator caps for a while now, and our local guys at
Rebel Brewer

have found a source for stainless steel carbonator caps that have a much
longer

lifetime, apparently. But the Sodastream looked like it might have similar
applications.

I'll be eager to see if anyone responds to your query.

Steve Johnson

Music City Brewers

Nashville, TN

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