Soda Carbonator
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Pre-chill Plumbing Options
(Consumption of more than 10L per day)
CO
2
absorbs faster into pre-chilled water, allowing you to increase your carbonation rate to over 30
liters per hour. Pre-chilling may also be necessary if you live in a hot environment and the
temperature of your mains water is not cold. There are two main pre-chilling options described
below:
Pre-chill water with an inline keg
If you have room in your fridge then you can place a 19L keg in line with the carbonator keg.
The mains water is able to be pre-chilled in the 19L keg prior to filling the carbonator keg.
This only requires a soda carbonator on the 19L keg. The first keg can use a normal ball lock
lid and it will not overflow as the pressure will equilibrate such that water will only flow into
the keg when a tap is opened and water is dispensed from either of the kegs. It can also be
setup such that both cold still water and cold carbonated water can be dispensed as shown
in the below. If you only wanted to dispense carbonated water and not chilled still water
then remove the duotight tee-piece (
) and run hosing directly from the first keg to
