Tap-A-Draft using to many Co2 cartridges

[Druncle]

Ive been using the Tap-A-Draft for 6 months now with 3 liter coke bottles. There isn't a problem with the seal but I'm using 2 Co2 cartridges for 3 liters bottlers. I have an empty cartridges in the other cylinder so co2 cant be leaking from there. What am I doing wrong?

 

[Shooter]

So, are you saying you hook up one cartridge at a time with an empty cart in the second slot and that it takes two full CO2 cartridges to empty a 3 liter bottle?

If so, I'm not sure there's much of anything wrong. I normally hook up two full cartridges on the full size bottles and when they start to run low I go with the only one cartridge at a time setup you are using. It normally takes three or four carts to go through one of the 1.5 gallon bottles.

 

[ChshreCat]

+1 I usually go through 4 or 5 carts per bottle.

 

[Flomaster]

how about using some priming sugar to get things going faster if you aren't in a RUSH... or is that a bad idea?

-=Jason=-

 

[motobrewer]

yeah those little carts don't hold much. i have one of those keg dispenser guns and i go thru a million of them just to dispense.

 

[Shooter]

how about using some priming sugar to get things going faster if you aren't in a RUSH... or is that a bad idea?

-=Jason=-

I always naturally carb and only use the carts for serving.

 

[ChshreCat]

+1

I prime mine and let it carb in the bottle before hooking up the TAD head. The 4-5 carts is just for dispensing.

 

[Shooter]

Since my kegging setup is upstairs, it's nice to have a beer on tap in the kitchen fridge within such easy walking distance of the home entertainment center!

 

[Druncle]

I do naturally carb. It was advertised as only taking two carts for 6 liters. If your using 4 or 5 carts that can get expensive.

 

[Shooter]

I do naturally carb. It was advertised as only taking two carts for 6 liters. If your using 4 or 5 carts that can get expensive.

I've never come close to two carts, I have gotten away with three before, but you have to be willng to let it run slowly towards the end of each cart to get the most out of them.

I ended up buying a pack of 100 carts online. That was quite a bit cheaper then buying them at the local five and dime. I've always wanted to find a simple way to adapt the thing to a mini-regulator and a paintball tank. I've seen some attempts, but they always turn out a bit cumbersome.

 

[Druncle]

I was wondering if it is possible to do that. Do you have any how to guides?