the_kitchen_brewer
Junior Member
I've found a local supplier of 4KG Co2 canisters £10 for the Gas and £20 deposit for the cylinder - which sounds great! :party:
However... having been reading about Co2 safety, I'm wondering how safe it would be?
I was using a sodastream bottle with an adaptor, but after trying to force carbonate my lager at 20psi (the long term method rather than the roll around method) the following morning the gas was empty.
I'm not sure whether it's just because the sodastream doesn't have enough gas for the job, or whether there's a leak somewhere (I'm new to cornies)
I'm thinking that if I have a big cylinder and a leak develops, and say I was away for a few days, then I could walk into a shed full of Co2 - and since you can't smell/taste it, I'd be none the wiser. Apparently too much can make you pass out/die - though I'm not sure whether there is enough in a cylinder to do so.
I looked on ebay for CO2 detectors and it came up with Carbon Monoxied detectors - will they detect CO2 too?
The other concern is the advice to secure them to the wall. Being a wooden shed, I'm not sure how much stability it would give it, or what to attach it to the wall with? If I put it in the corner, would a tug on the gas line be enough to pull one over (it says they are 21KG full and 17KG empty).
Anyone using the midget gas system for force carbonation? I realise it would be more expensive, but would it be safer? And how many cornies will a cannister carbonate and serve?
However... having been reading about Co2 safety, I'm wondering how safe it would be?
I was using a sodastream bottle with an adaptor, but after trying to force carbonate my lager at 20psi (the long term method rather than the roll around method) the following morning the gas was empty.
I'm not sure whether it's just because the sodastream doesn't have enough gas for the job, or whether there's a leak somewhere (I'm new to cornies)
I'm thinking that if I have a big cylinder and a leak develops, and say I was away for a few days, then I could walk into a shed full of Co2 - and since you can't smell/taste it, I'd be none the wiser. Apparently too much can make you pass out/die - though I'm not sure whether there is enough in a cylinder to do so.
I looked on ebay for CO2 detectors and it came up with Carbon Monoxied detectors - will they detect CO2 too?
The other concern is the advice to secure them to the wall. Being a wooden shed, I'm not sure how much stability it would give it, or what to attach it to the wall with? If I put it in the corner, would a tug on the gas line be enough to pull one over (it says they are 21KG full and 17KG empty).
Anyone using the midget gas system for force carbonation? I realise it would be more expensive, but would it be safer? And how many cornies will a cannister carbonate and serve?