Well I made the jump to a CO2 generator I found on Amazon, and after following the instructions as closely as I could, I've discovered that I'm absolutely petrified of the thing. Had no idea I would react this way until I had a pressurized metal tube in my house. Now I'm not sure what to do. 
The instructions say to add the materials (200g baking soda, 200g citric acid, 300ml water) And then immediately attach the valve and tighten everything, okay!! Did it!
Then it says to wait 8 hours, and THEN add the solenoid valve and bubble counter... Uhhh.... It's already pressurized ? The place to add the solenoid valve is sealed up with a metal nut, I assume to keep it pressurized?? So how would I even add this after it is already pressurized? Heck, how do I even let the pressure out now that I can't do anything else with it?
I thought it would be pretty straight forward in the instructions, but there were zero safety instructions included, and I am absolutely terrified of touching this thing at all now that it's pressurized. I've essentially got a bomb in my house that I don't know how to deal with because it doesn't really tell me... How to?
I feel like a complete idiot but I'm begging for help now from some more experienced individuals. I know I look like a moron here but I'd rather look like a moron and not have my hands blown off than not looking like a moron with no hands.
The instructions don't even state what to do in the event that too much pressure builds, how to safely release all the pressure if you can't use it or something happens and you need to transport it. It's not over-pressurized at all according to the gauge, but I'm still terrified of this thing blowing my hands off if I touch it now. Idk how I'm gonna sleep tonight knowing this thing is in my house and I can't put it outside either because its below freezing and snowing and I know for certain that isn't safe at all either.
Attaching pictures of what I'm looking at now. What on earth do I do? I made a huge mistake trying to do this with just guidance of the instructions booklet, I've learned my lesson.
See how where the solenoid valve is meant to go, there's some sort of nut in the way? In the instructions, there is no nut there. Why is there a nut there at all if not to keep it pressurized? And why on earth would it tell me to wait until it's fully pressurized to install all the rest of these pieces??
I tried releasing the smaller control valve on the right but it did not budge very easily and quite frankly I'm too petrified of this thing to try and force it. All I know is that pressurized things go boom and i like my hands on my body and no holes in my walls.
This is doubly embarrassing because I am a mildly experienced diver and have handled pressurized oxygen tanks oodles of times! But I don't know how this specific thing works, and so, I am terrified. LOL.
The instructions say to add the materials (200g baking soda, 200g citric acid, 300ml water) And then immediately attach the valve and tighten everything, okay!! Did it!
Then it says to wait 8 hours, and THEN add the solenoid valve and bubble counter... Uhhh.... It's already pressurized ? The place to add the solenoid valve is sealed up with a metal nut, I assume to keep it pressurized?? So how would I even add this after it is already pressurized? Heck, how do I even let the pressure out now that I can't do anything else with it?
I thought it would be pretty straight forward in the instructions, but there were zero safety instructions included, and I am absolutely terrified of touching this thing at all now that it's pressurized. I've essentially got a bomb in my house that I don't know how to deal with because it doesn't really tell me... How to?
I feel like a complete idiot but I'm begging for help now from some more experienced individuals. I know I look like a moron here but I'd rather look like a moron and not have my hands blown off than not looking like a moron with no hands.
The instructions don't even state what to do in the event that too much pressure builds, how to safely release all the pressure if you can't use it or something happens and you need to transport it. It's not over-pressurized at all according to the gauge, but I'm still terrified of this thing blowing my hands off if I touch it now. Idk how I'm gonna sleep tonight knowing this thing is in my house and I can't put it outside either because its below freezing and snowing and I know for certain that isn't safe at all either.
Attaching pictures of what I'm looking at now. What on earth do I do? I made a huge mistake trying to do this with just guidance of the instructions booklet, I've learned my lesson.
See how where the solenoid valve is meant to go, there's some sort of nut in the way? In the instructions, there is no nut there. Why is there a nut there at all if not to keep it pressurized? And why on earth would it tell me to wait until it's fully pressurized to install all the rest of these pieces??
I tried releasing the smaller control valve on the right but it did not budge very easily and quite frankly I'm too petrified of this thing to try and force it. All I know is that pressurized things go boom and i like my hands on my body and no holes in my walls.
This is doubly embarrassing because I am a mildly experienced diver and have handled pressurized oxygen tanks oodles of times! But I don't know how this specific thing works, and so, I am terrified. LOL.
