Hello All,
I've read pretty much every post on this forum covering home seltzer setup, which led me to build my own. The basic concept is modified fridge in crawl space houses RO tank + big mac (which is fed by a 20 lb CO2 tank), with trunk line coming out of the fridge and feeding bar sink on first floor. The sink has one of these faucets: ALFI brand AB2042 Solid Stainless Steel Kitchen Faucet & Drinking Water Dispenser Combo The water paths in the faucet are completely stainless. No brass.
The water that comes out is very cold (fridge set to 33 +/- 2 degrees via Inkbird), but hardly carbonated. This is true whether the pressure is set to 45 PSI or 100+ PSI. I'm looking to get the water way more carbonated, but it's just not happening. Any ideas? I am happy to post more detailed specs of the setup (and/or pics), but figured I would start with this.
The only thing that I can think of is that the seltzer is coming out with a ton of force if I turn the faucet up all the way. If I don't, it sputters a fair amount. So, the pressure imbalance could be causing pressure loss upon distribution. But I have read a bunch of conflicting info on this (line should be as short as possible vs. as long as possible) and am really not sure exactly what's happening.
Separately, the initial 2-4 second of distribution is warm because I haven't started cooling the trunk line yet. Will do that once everything else is working.
I've read pretty much every post on this forum covering home seltzer setup, which led me to build my own. The basic concept is modified fridge in crawl space houses RO tank + big mac (which is fed by a 20 lb CO2 tank), with trunk line coming out of the fridge and feeding bar sink on first floor. The sink has one of these faucets: ALFI brand AB2042 Solid Stainless Steel Kitchen Faucet & Drinking Water Dispenser Combo The water paths in the faucet are completely stainless. No brass.
The water that comes out is very cold (fridge set to 33 +/- 2 degrees via Inkbird), but hardly carbonated. This is true whether the pressure is set to 45 PSI or 100+ PSI. I'm looking to get the water way more carbonated, but it's just not happening. Any ideas? I am happy to post more detailed specs of the setup (and/or pics), but figured I would start with this.
The only thing that I can think of is that the seltzer is coming out with a ton of force if I turn the faucet up all the way. If I don't, it sputters a fair amount. So, the pressure imbalance could be causing pressure loss upon distribution. But I have read a bunch of conflicting info on this (line should be as short as possible vs. as long as possible) and am really not sure exactly what's happening.
Separately, the initial 2-4 second of distribution is warm because I haven't started cooling the trunk line yet. Will do that once everything else is working.