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I do not have a stainless check valve in the water line. There's a plastic ball valve between the filter and the carbonator. Of course, there' a stainless steel check valve in the carbonator. It's a McCann's Big Mac.

So, at 80 psi (after purging the lower pressure water), there's still not much carbonation in the water. (It's less than, say, Perrier, which has very little carbonation.) That may be a result of something lost in the violent dispensing that will be solved when my extra line/fittings arrive...

All set now. Thanks so much!

So, on the keg side it would be this: http://www.kegman.net/products/Ball-Lock-Liquid-Disconnect-%252d-8092.html and http://www.kegman.net/products/SS-1%7B47%7D4FFL-x-1%7B47%7D8-I.D.-Hose-Swivel-Nut-Assembly-%252d-9900.html I've having trouble finding braided 1/8 on McMaster. If you do...

Thanks. Sounds like I'm nearly there, then. You were able to get 1/8" ID line onto the ball connect on the keg? It seems like that'd be tough...and especially at the end of my perlick shank. In your setup, at 80 psi, how would your characterize the bubbles? We're after BIG. We used to...

Eric, Thank you so much for the information and links. Enormously helpful. Does 100 psi into the carbonator mean the mixed/carbed water will be at 100 psi? I ask because that's exceptionally strong. Indeed, when I tried it at 100 psi, the relief valve on the corny started releasing water...

Wow....80-100 psi? I know for most forced carb seltzer it's between 30-50. I did bleed the tank as you suggested, but had no idea to use such high pressure. Part of the issue is that I bought the carbonator newly refurbished. It's in fantastic shape but didn't come with use instructions --...

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but is the 25' to reduce the speed/strength of the pour? I just put together a seltzer system with a motorized carbonator and a 425SS, with only about 2' of line. At 45 psi, it comes out too violently to control. Is the solution to coil up a bunch of...

I just installed a home seltzer setup with a motorized carbonator (McCann's Big Mac) and a 3-gallon corny stored in a fridge. I hooked it up last night and forced out all of the oxygen from the keg with C02. Then I let water into the system, filled up the keg, and let it chill overnight. It's...

Ah. It's a washer! That all makes sense now. I never would have expected a plastic washer to seal up a metal-to-metal connection (which is what I have throughout). All makes sense now. Thanks everyone.

Thanks for the quick responses. I guess that means like so: I would assume the wider/flared side sits against the tubing and the narrower end sits against the nut. Thanks again!

I feel dumb asking this, but I want to make sure to get it right. I'm in the middle of a motorized carbonator install for a home seltzer system, and the fittings kit I ordered came with a set of swivel nut / barbed post fittings. I had assumed that the correct assembly would be to pass the...

Thanks for the response. The diagram seems to suggest what you said about it running around the perimeter of the freezer, near the seal. But it appears to run down the LEFT side, on an angle from front to back as it goes down. Am I misreading it? Since I want to drill on the left side OR...

Well, so far, so good. I drilled the faucet spout (~3/8") on the right side for a temporary picnic tap. But now I need to drill for the carbed-water-in line. Ideally, I'd do it through the back of the fridge or on the left side toward the back. The diagram suggests that I should be safe...

I'm pretty certain that diagram is head on. I assume that because (1) the compressor appears to be at the back of the diagram and (2) the yoder loop is supposed to run around the front edge of the freeezer (right?). The model # is CTB1522ARW (Magic Chef). Here are some other diagrams/exploded...

I'm running two lines into a fridge as part of a home seltzer system. I just drilled into the side of a three-year old counter-height fridge and got hissing. I assume that means that I hit the refrigerant line. That was more than a bit surprising since the fridge just has the single freezer...

Long story short: For a plumbed home seltzer system, I'm planning on repurposing a minifridge to cool a 3 gallon corny keg by wrapping the freezer plate around the keg and insualting the whole thing. That should render a much smaller footprint and let me create a horizontal refrigerated...

Thanks for the suggestion. I share your concern about it being repair-able. I'll keep you posted.

I'm building a home seltzer system with a motorized carbonator in my garage, "remote" from the dispensing location. The room-temp carbed water will run through about 60 feet of crawlspace into a refrigerated 3-gallon corny keg. The dispensing location in my kitchen has very limited cabinet...

I've actually thought about that EXACT approach. I just don't really know much about those coils, how much they could take, or how to insulate the corny once wrapped in the coils. I investigated whether you could buy a compressor and those coils to do just that, and it's neither easy to find...