co2 or nitrogen in the south bay

[Gerr]

I scored a older oxygen tank that was recertified for free when i bought a bunch of other stuff from a old guy near my place. Now I bought a new regulator for the tank and need to find somewhere I can get it filled with either nitrogen or CO2 but wanted to know if anyone had a place they perferred to use or if theres a place to avoid.

 

[old_man]

Just as a point of reference, you will get a lot more fills with CO2 than nitrogen because it is stored as a liquid and it stores at about a third of the pressure. Good luck.

 

[Clean Racing]

I am kinda partial to PRAXAIR... they are in the phone book with lots of locations around the So Cal....

 

[5-90]

Interesting. You should still be able to use the tank, but you'll have to get a new valve most likely (compressed gas valves are divided up to keep various gasses from getting mixed in a system. Kinda like small torch kits - the propane has a right-hand thread, while the oxygen has a left-hand thread.) Before you get too far into this, see if you need to get a new valve.

After that, Praxair is usually a good bet. So are most carbonics and paintball supply houses. Welding supply houses are also worth trying for CO2, but might be a bit spendy.

5-90

 

[sintax]

IIRC Air (scuba), co2 and nitrogen tanks are all different beasts. I could be totally off here, but I dont think they are rated or manufactured the same.

 

[Gerr]

well I did some asking around before I decided to use the tank for on board air and the differnce in nitrogen tanks and oxygen tanks is color painted and the threads on the valve, where as Im using a oxygen regulator on a oxygen tank theres no differnce there. as for working pressures for oxygen and nitrogen the diffrernce is minimal and a oxygen regulator will do fine since its built for high pressures as well, And using CO2 in a tank made for more pressure is obviously no problem as long as I dont let the liquid product into the regulator since CO2 has a check ball in the regulator for liquid resistance and ones for high pressure gas do not have the check ball.(using it while tank lies down etc... will cause the liquid CO2 to freeze the regulator and reak havok on the diaphram). Honestly guys my only question was if anyone knew of a place I should go to or of a place to avoid. Ive done my research on the tank, regulator, transportation regulations, etc... but thanks for the help. Ill try the place suggested earlier.

By the way Sintax your right there are differnt types of tanks for special applications like scuba and such but generic tanks are what most people use for thier CO2 setups. As well there are more specialised regulators for differnt applications as well.

 

[GSequoia]

Let me know what you find out - I've got a new CO2 tank to fill...

Also - what's up with asking for the South Bay anyway? You're listed as being in Wrightwood/Hesperia - you in the South Bay now? I'm in Redondo and work in downtown Los Angeles.

Sequoia

 

[Gerr]

Ive be re-assighned to that area for work purposes for the next 6 months, so i figured it would be easyer to get things filled and done down there on the company dime, gotta love expense acounts, now if i could get a company truck id be set my poor xj gonna see 250+ miles a day now

 

[olympic4x4tech]

gas for 250 miles a day would almost pay for a hotel room. praxair, gordon wood's are both good places. Might want to try airgas. Ive also head of a weldign supply in carson called red-d-arc.

 

[Gerr]

they are paying the gas and my expenses so I dont mind the drive so much as I do the wear and tear on the XJ. Ill look into those places too

 

[sintax]

There is a place in Santa Ana where I get my tanks filled. If i drop the tank off in the morning before work, I can pick it up after work filled. Usually costs $11 to fill.

Let me know if you guys want me to figure out the name of it (like many things, i only know how to get there, but have no clue of the street names)

-Scott

 

[GSequoia]

Scott - can I give you my CO2 bottle to fill?

 

[Drunk tank]

Theres a place called Oxygen Service thats right across from T&J Performance. Thats where I always get my CO2 filled up