places to get CO2 filled.

picked up a powertank and need to get it filled. Those of you guys who have tanks, where do you get them filled and how much $$$

-Scott

I have a regular gas canister and I get it filled at a local fire extinguisher place. The power tank should be the same. Check your yellow pages for "fire estinguisher". It costs me <$10 for a 10lb tank.

Matt

Local welding gasses supply should be cheaper, if you have one close by.

Matt B.

yup, just look for a local welding shop, they usually fill C02 bottles. for 10-20 bucks depending on your size.

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California Tool and welding supply. I think they are on riverside ave between the 10 and 215 (91) freeways. Something like $12 for a 15lb tank.


Dan

A place that fills tanks for paintball may be able to fill it as well.

In my experience, the welding supply places want me to leave my bottle and pick it up in a few days because they don't like to rev up their co2 compressor for just 1 bottle. I'm uncomfortable doing that with a nice bottle.

I've found that a fire extenguisher place will fill it up on demand, and it is cheaper than the welding supply shops in my area by at least $2.00.

I don't know about your area, but I can't find one welding supply place that will fill up on demand around here.

Since I live in a semi-remote location (65 miles from nearest fill place), I need a place that I can go to and leave with a filled tank. HTH

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A place that fills tanks for paintball may be able to fill it as well.

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They can't fill it. But they may tell you where they get tanks filled!


Look up your local AirGas dealer. I got my 10 pound tank filled for $8.

Dan Turner said:

California Tool and welding supply. I think they are on riverside ave between the 10 and 215 (91) freeways. Something like $12 for a 15lb tank.


Dan

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They fill while you wait

Dan

Dan Turner said:

They fill while you wait

Dan

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Aren';t you supposed to be on a cruise??

Well...
Paintball place will do it (if you have a CGA320/ASA valve, which is farily common.)
Carbonics place shouldn't have any trouble with it.
Anyplace that services soft drink mixer installations will use loads of the stuff.
Welding places fill MIG tanks with Ar/CO2, so I don't see why filling CO2 should be a big problem for them...
Fire Extinguisher service outfits
and...
There are quite a few paintball outfits online that will sell you a "fill station" setup, and you fill your own tank. If you get a lot of use out of your tank, and don't want to be left dry too often, this may be an option for you. You'd get a large "bulk" tank filled up every now and again, and fill your smaller tank(s) off of it... Look it up - they're farily common and usually pretty cheap. A search at www.warpig.com (World And Regional Paintball Information Guide) will yield up some useful tech info on CO2 handling and use, and will give good instructions on doing fills.

5-90

It would be difficult to fill your own 10-15lb tank from a bulk tank. The fill stations are meant to refill smaller 12-24oz CO2 bottles. You would waste a tremendous amount of gas trying to fill a large cylinder.

Kejtar said:

Aren';t you supposed to be on a cruise??

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Got back Monday afternoon. Had a blast, and no hangovers! The trick is to stay drunk

Dan