Thanks Jody, no sweat on accepting your very valid point. I actually wasn't
sure about the leak-proofing on the juice jugs before I started, but they
have the same plastic inserts as the pop bottles, so I'm guessing they're
cool. I'm also using wire racks (effective for small tanks, BAD idea for
large) which makes a pop bottle darned near impossible to stand upright
without a lot of praying! I'm half expecting them to need replacing soon
regardless; someone has suggested that the silicone will fail within a few
months. I guess we'll see!

Cheers;
D



"Jody" wrote in message
...
I used to be a big proponent of using juice bottles as well, probably for
the same reasons you like them - sturdy bottles with larger base, and
larger
openings for adding ingredients. Then one day I discovered how much the
lids leak under pressure. When I pressed down on the lid, the bubble-rate
increased dramatically. I have sinced switched back to the soda bottles
which are clearly designed to hold in, guess what? CO2! The lids are
obviously more air-tight to keep the CO2 in and keep the fizz fresh in the
soda. I just wish the bottles' plastic wasn't so thin, and that the
bottoms
weren't so rounded. Many people set the bottles in little boxes to keep
them secure.

FWIW,
Jody

"Duncan A. McRae" wrote in message
le.rogers.com...
Somebody suggested once that I have two generators going at once, and
stagger their replacement. In that fashion, it wouldn't matter too much
how
long the new one takes to start steady production, since the other will
continue. I'm going to hook two bottles up to a single
air-stone/impeller
input, with a check-valve for each before the T-junction. As soon as I
can
convince my 5 y.o. daughter to consume another 8L of cranberry juice,
that
is!

Cheers;
Duncan

"Rick" wrote in message
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"Jody" wrote in message
news Thanks. I read the article as well. So it takes about a week
before
production is strong enough to hook-up?

Jody


my jello mix would start producing bubbles in a few hours. Mix it up
and
hook it up right away, no need to wait.

Rick