Jakob Perry
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A few years ago I picked up a surplus soda set from a bar for cheap. It came with so much stuff, 2 flash chillers, 20+ flojet pumps, 5 sureflo pumps, 5 wunderbars, 5 racks, a McCann's carbonator, and most of the plumbing. My first round with it was 'ok' -- you had to dispense a glass of soda before you get flavor to ensure it was cold enough. To my luck 6 months after I set that system up, we had to move, sooo it was taken apart.
Flash forward 5 years and I found this beauty on Facebook marketplace for a couple hundred dollars.
Its a Cornelius CB2323 tower setup with 8 flavors, a rack, and 8 sureflo pumps, backflow regulators, ANOTHER McCann's carbonator, 2 co2 canisters (1 full!), etc. I have a feeling once I clean up all the extra parts I have, I'll probably make my money back on the whole setup.... If I didn't spend so much on the Syrups...
Since I already had the flash chillers I had an idea -- can I make a recirculating system to keep it cold?
I eventually decided having another chiller just for the water was a bit much, so I simplified and am using the double chiller to cool the water and then the carb water as well. I also picked up a Soopyk Instant Ice Maker because the fridge didn't have one. Jury is still out on how that will work. Picked this one up because it has a direct water connection unlike most of them that require manual filling of a reservoir.
And here is how she ended up looking!
Flash forward 5 years and I found this beauty on Facebook marketplace for a couple hundred dollars.
![362919581_6069290003176070_3796780699812439951_n.jpg 362919581_6069290003176070_3796780699812439951_n.jpg](https://cdn.homebrewtalk.com/data/attach/778/778316-362919581-6069290003176070-3796780699812439951-n.jpg)
![348432704_6021193928009445_7277495652125581156_n.jpg 348432704_6021193928009445_7277495652125581156_n.jpg](https://cdn.homebrewtalk.com/data/attach/778/778315-348432704-6021193928009445-7277495652125581156-n.jpg)
Its a Cornelius CB2323 tower setup with 8 flavors, a rack, and 8 sureflo pumps, backflow regulators, ANOTHER McCann's carbonator, 2 co2 canisters (1 full!), etc. I have a feeling once I clean up all the extra parts I have, I'll probably make my money back on the whole setup.... If I didn't spend so much on the Syrups...
Since I already had the flash chillers I had an idea -- can I make a recirculating system to keep it cold?
![Screenshot from 2023-12-28 23-02-33.png Screenshot from 2023-12-28 23-02-33.png](https://cdn.homebrewtalk.com/data/attach/778/778317-Screenshot-from-2023-12-28-23-02-33.png)
I eventually decided having another chiller just for the water was a bit much, so I simplified and am using the double chiller to cool the water and then the carb water as well. I also picked up a Soopyk Instant Ice Maker because the fridge didn't have one. Jury is still out on how that will work. Picked this one up because it has a direct water connection unlike most of them that require manual filling of a reservoir.
And here is how she ended up looking!
![Screenshot from 2023-12-28 23-03-18.png Screenshot from 2023-12-28 23-03-18.png](https://cdn.homebrewtalk.com/data/attach/778/778318-Screenshot-from-2023-12-28-23-03-18.png)
![Screenshot from 2023-12-28 23-05-30.png Screenshot from 2023-12-28 23-05-30.png](https://cdn.homebrewtalk.com/data/attach/778/778319-Screenshot-from-2023-12-28-23-05-30.png)