- Mon Aug 11, 2003 5:57 am
#3045
This idea is immanently doable. Coke and Pepsi both provide machines to restaurants for this exact purpose, for a fee, of course. I guess it could be scaled down to a residential unit.
All you need is a water line (preferably filtered) and an electrical outlet. You'd have a bottle of carbon dioxide gas, a carbonation unit (to carbonate the water), the box of syrup, and the fountain unit.
The smallest box of syrup for commercial use is 2.5 gallons, which makes about 15 gallons of finished product. That translates to 160 12 oz. cans. A 1 gallon box might be better for a house.
The CO2 bottles are heavy and are supposed to be chained to something so they don't fall over, break off the valve, and go shooting through the wall. That could probably be scaled down and have a cage around the valve so nothing could damage it.
And before anybody asks how you can have a box full of liquid, there's a bag in the box. The box just makes them easy to store and carry.
All you need is a water line (preferably filtered) and an electrical outlet. You'd have a bottle of carbon dioxide gas, a carbonation unit (to carbonate the water), the box of syrup, and the fountain unit.
The smallest box of syrup for commercial use is 2.5 gallons, which makes about 15 gallons of finished product. That translates to 160 12 oz. cans. A 1 gallon box might be better for a house.
The CO2 bottles are heavy and are supposed to be chained to something so they don't fall over, break off the valve, and go shooting through the wall. That could probably be scaled down and have a cage around the valve so nothing could damage it.
And before anybody asks how you can have a box full of liquid, there's a bag in the box. The box just makes them easy to store and carry.