Anyone come up with a decent source for the 8gm bulbs? Not a lot of them on FleaBay.
I've managed to find a hospitality store in Artarmon (Sydney siders). Southern Hospitality on Hotham sells them for $9.17/ 10pack.
They can be had online for around 70c each if you shop around. If anyone can find a cheaper source please share.
Next I will hacksaw the end of a spent 12g to make a wedge and save 35c in coins.
The No2 bulbs at NightOwl are same size as 8g Co2 bulbs, in theory you've just figured out a way to pour Guinness through the TK. Might be wrong there these ones are N not NO2, cool website
http://morebeer.com/products/nitrogen-cartridge-18g.html
Have a read up on dispensing Guiness. It's dispensed at around 35psi as far as I can tell. How to make a Tap King explode?
When you cut down the bulb let us know how you go with the length. The collar needs that little bit of pressure on the head of the soda bulb to work, so I'm guessing it's a fine line between 6-7 5c pieces.
I have tested the bottle of water this morning and it's still dispensing. For now I'm confident this method will work over a 12hr period, which is enough for BBQs.
I'd have left it for the full week, but the water is becoming carbonated to 12psi. After a week I imagine that the cartridge would have discharged 2x into the water itself.
My very basic understanding of this is that the system is designed to run with around 2.5 volumes of CO2 and the cartridge will only push approximately 1.1 volumes to displace the liquid gold. Given that I've only added still water I would imagine the experiment was doomed at conception.
I guess beer is the only way forward!
I had entertained ideas of using the TK head to carbonate the bottles over a week or two, but it seems this 8g cartridge method won't really cut it. The best way to do this still seems to be with a larger external CO2 bottle.
I'm guessing a Soda Stream bottle and regulator set to 12-15 psi jabbed into the TK lids several times over a week or so should do the trick.