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Originally Posted by modderman
Has anyone ever used 12g co2 cartridges to pump?
I have whole setup with the regulator and tap, I just do not have a co2 tank.
I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions: I was going to machine a block that would tap the 3 co2 cartridges and connect to the tap. Would there be any problem with this? Isn't this pretty much the same as using a large tank, but instead using 3 little tanks?
3500 in^3 in a keg (15.5 gallons)
from data I found: at 10in^3, a co2 canister puts out 420 psi.
So I did some calculations and determined I would need 3 so that by the end I could have at least 3 psi in the keg.
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You're talking about using three 12 gram co2 cartridges to tap a 1/2barrel? You would typically get 1 keg to tap using 1/2 lb of co2. If you had a 20oz tank, I'd say go for it, but 3 (12) gram co2 cartridges will be nowhere near enough co2 to tap a keg. I think you'd need more like 20 of them. You want around 12 psi from the beginning to the end of the keg to tap it.
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Last edited by cubby_swans; 08-12-2008 at 03:20 PM.
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