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I tried this a couple of weeks ago with an old laptop (early 2000's?) I had kicking around in my basement. I did run into a few problems. The rare earth magnets are much smaller (roughly 50%) than the magnets out of a desktop hard drive. Also the only fan that my laptop had in it was a video...

Luckily I caught it pretty quick. I don't think that they will reach full carbonation but I'm sure hoping that they will be close. I will through one in the fridge Saturday and test is on Sunday. Keeping my fingers crossed

Quick Update! After I tightened the bottles. I mean REALLY tightened them (Almost to the point where I thought I was about to wreck them) They seem to be sealed!!! Out of the 22 710ML bottles I had, 19 of them are ready to go and the rest are starting to become quite firm with the exception of...

Thanks for the advice! I think I will try tightening the caps as much as I possibly can, and leave them for another 2 weeks. If they still haven't carbonated, then I will add some sugar and try new caps. Thanks again!

I want to start by saying that I am brand new to brewing so if this has been covered before or is a "Be patient and Wait" question, please bear with me. I bottled a an IPA 2 weeks ago and I decided to try using PET bottle. Mainly because I had lots around and it was a cheap alternative. I...