Alternate DIY CO2?
 

I heard that you can produce CO2 fast by mixing white vinegar & sodium
bicarbonate (baking soda). Any truth to this?

Alternate DIY CO2?
 

"alex crouvier" wrote in
:

I heard that you can produce CO2 fast by mixing white vinegar & sodium
bicarbonate (baking soda). Any truth to this?

It's true ... but you want to produce CO2 for an extended
period of time, not necessarily quickly.

Alternate DIY CO2?
 

In , Pete
empowered us with this mighty blow against the
Patriarchy:

If you want longer term CO2 creation try the ideas at
http://www.thekrib.com/Plants/CO2/

I'v got a DIY CO2 setup with 2 huge cranberry drink bottles (2.5 L each)
joined together that feed into the intake of my canister filter (I'v
punched a hole in the intake tube just below the water line to feed the
CO2 in).

Pete, could you elaborate on how you attach your CO2 line to the intake
tube? What do you use for a valve, how do you seal it, etc.?

Alternate DIY CO2?
 

Donovan wrote:

: Oh disregard my prievous post, i get what you are saying. Create it quickly
: then slowly seep it into the tank, you'd need more than a simple valve for
: that, some kind of very fine almost needle-like output.

alternatively, the original poster might be able to set up a slow drip of
vinegar over either just dry baking sode or a condensed baking soda
solution. i bet the rate of liquid drip would be easier than needle
valve regulation (that's pure speculation on my part). once it gets into
an air line, i suspect it would be the same as any DIT CO2 system.

cheers,
-david

Alternate DIY CO2?
 

Baking soda and vinegar... Why does this remind me of the old brass
and chrome fire extinguishers that were in school? Remember them, you
had to turn them upside down to work, and they only squirted a stream
of water?

And that makes me wonder why we haven't seen a post from someone
asking how to set up a small home CO2 (not dry chemical or Halogen)
fire extinguisher for injection.

Hee hee, funny how the mind wanders.

Barry

On 28 Oct 2002 01:35:16 -0400, David Marshburn
wrote:

Donovan wrote:

: Oh disregard my prievous post, i get what you are saying. Create it quickly
: then slowly seep it into the tank, you'd need more than a simple valve for
: that, some kind of very fine almost needle-like output.

alternatively, the original poster might be able to set up a slow drip of
vinegar over either just dry baking sode or a condensed baking soda
solution. i bet the rate of liquid drip would be easier than needle
valve regulation (that's pure speculation on my part). once it gets into
an air line, i suspect it would be the same as any DIT CO2 system.

cheers,
-david