Carb caps

[Jayjay1976]

You can disassemble the disconnect to clean and sanitize it.

 

[Brettomomyces]

fwiw, if I have a quart or so beer that won't fit in a keg I use a 1 or 2 liter soda bottle for the excess and will shake it at up to 30 psi to almost instantly carb it as a post packaging reward

Cheers!

Brilliant! I usually just drink that little bit uncarbed and think about how good the future will look

 

[day_trippr]

Yes, that's what I meant. I just didn't imagine liquid being in the disconnect itself. Or is there no hose involved here?

Well, usually there's the cap, CO2 disconnect, and pressurized hose. But there's also the squeezable bottle, and fluid inertia, both of which can contribute to the tiny bit of back-flow occurring at the lowest gas flow rate that would take to be noticed.

Tip: In my handy bin of racking, kegging and cleaning accessories, I keep a gas post and a beer post, with 1/4" MPT post adapters. I can stuff that threaded end into a length of hose connected to my slop sink faucet to flush out lines - and disconnects - after use, and easily drain both afterwards (the post keeps the disconnect open, no need to jam a finger in there )

Cheers!

 

[ba-brewer]

I pressurize to the desired PSI with the bottle up right, then remove the disconnect before shaking. It reduce the chances of liquid getting the some. You can feel the bottle soften or not giving a clues to how close you are getting.

I bought some of the stainless steel ball lock thru jumpers from brew hardware initially to help cleaning beer lines. Going thru all the lines actually slowed down the task so was only used once for that. They do work great for holding open ball lock disconnects for cleaning. Have used them to weigh down hop bags for dry hopping too.

 

[Metalheadfrommars]

Any one know where to get the seal that seals the carb cap to the bottle.?

 

[ebbelwoi]

It comes with the cap. Are you looking for a replacement?

 

[Metalheadfrommars]

Yeah a replacement I have the metal type carb cap. It don't need the seal yet but I like to be prepared

 

[ebbelwoi]

I have bought 8 carb caps and they all came with the seal. It's a black rubber washer inside the cap. Is yours missing somehow?

You could try searching on aliexpress, but I don't recall ever seeing them there.

 

[Metalheadfrommars]

It has one but I'm trying to be prepared for when it fails

 

[ebbelwoi]

It has one but I'm trying to be prepared for when it fails

I wouldn't worry about it. Mine have never failed. Sometimes they pop out if I overtighten the cap, but I just pull it out of the bottle and put it back in the cap. The little ring around the top has broken a few times, and I've had to replace those. Those are easy to find.

 

[Metalheadfrommars]

Cool the ones I bought today came with 5 orings per cap. I'm starting to think All carb caps no matter the brand are the exact same cap

 

[day_trippr]

They aren't all alike, but it doesn't matter.
Might try a garden hose gasket on the inside...

Cheers!

 

[ebbelwoi]

All of mine look the same, but two of them will only fit on certain bottles and not others.

 

[Metalheadfrommars]

Ps is it true the newer pet bottles won't fit the caps? If so I'm going to buy a few come bottles to be safe

 

[day_trippr]

Yeah, there's that problem: the soda bottles are changing to a shorter threaded section/shallower caps, so there's a good chance the classic SS cap designs will run into the bottle neck ridge before the rim bottoms on the cap gasket.

Don't toss away bottles that work

Cheers!

 

[Metalheadfrommars]

Yeah, there's that problem: the soda bottles are changing to a shorter threaded section/shallower caps, so there's a good chance the classic SS cap designs will run into the bottle neck ridge before the rim bottoms on the cap gasket.

Don't toss away bottles that work

Cheers!

LOL I'm ocd so I'm stocking up on bottles. I'm also thinking if we add a extra gasket it may work on the newer bottles

 

[hatinhand]

Sorry for reviving a bit of an older thread, but I just got a SS carb cap and was wondering which bottles seem to work for folks? Any sodas in particular? Pictures of which bottles to look for?
Thanks!

 

[rsquared]

Sorry for reviving a bit of an older thread, but I just got a SS carb cap and was wondering which bottles seem to work for folks? Any sodas in particular? Pictures of which bottles to look for?
Thanks!

Most standard soda bottle should work, they tend to have the same standard threads. Off the top of my head, I've recently done both a 2 liter Pepsi bottle and 12 oz. Sprite bottles. Hell, I even did a 700 ml Life Water bottle, but that one was obviously not meant to hold pressure (the bottom bulged out quite a bit). Stick to soda bottles that are designed for carbonated beverages.

 

[ebbelwoi]

I've got a few slightly defective carb caps. They fit on Coca-Cola product bottles, but not Kirin bottles, for example. The rest of my carb caps fit on both.

So if you have one that doesn't seem to fit, try it on a different bottle.