Ozito C02 System

[Carpenter]

I think your talking about the Turanair system Eli. Yeah, this concept sure looks to have some benefits, especially getting away from air compressors, hoses & unreliable gas guns. The tanks used in paintball systems are the same as the ones in the states & work with a regulator to get the pressure down to air tool pressures. You can get this part of the system here in Oz at a reasonable price. The problem is re-pressurising & thats where the yanks have got the portable high pressure compressor that you buy.

[scooter]

To answer an earlier question in the thread, to have a LPG cylinder retested is $15 at Supagas in Dandenong South, Vic. Still less than half the price of a new cylinder.

[Eli]

I think your talking about the Turanair system Eli.

I wasn't specifically, but that is one system of that type. I was going to get a custom dual reg setup made by another guy.

Here's a good thread on it. Jim Sutton was the guy. Many more nails per tank. A high pressure tank is 4500PSI. You could get it filled here at the CFA or a dive shop, it's the same tank a diver would use for a secondary.

[another termite]

Are they not out of date for a reason or do you just get them retested and put back in date? I guess filling to 100 psi is a test of sorts.

Hopefully they are ok... cylinders are tested with water hydrostatically for high pressure cylinders. LPG bottles as far as i know are still just devalved and inspected for rust (common in old bottles) or internal/external damage. Water is used as it cant be compressed (well very little) so when they let go they just go pop and leak (A 170bar cylinder is tested to 275bar) With 8bar the risk is slighter but if you have ever seen an air reciever go off they still make a hell of a mess... so i guess the warning here is dont use old and crap bottles if you don't know they are safe.

Just as a side note i once saw a oxy cylinder rupture during filling (It had minor fire damage and was not correctly tested) when it went off it blew the 40*40 RHS out of the back of the pallet took down 6 lighs and 2 unistrut posts for porer cable as it traveled across the fill area, and still had enough momentum to wrap itself around a building staunchen 50 meters away so the ends touched... It had to be cut off with an angle grinder... The filler quit on the spot! Days like that at work make life interesting....

[Carpenter]

I wasn't specifically, but that is one system of that type. I was going to get a custom dual reg setup made by another guy.

Here's a good thread on it. Jim Sutton was the guy. Many more nails per tank. A high pressure tank is 4500PSI. You could get it filled here at the CFA or a dive shop, it's the same tank a diver would use for a secondary.

I'd go for it if I didn't live 80km from the nearest dive shop....bugger!

[pawnhead]

Just as a side note i once saw a oxy cylinder rupture during filling (It had minor fire damage and was not correctly tested) when it went off it blew the 40*40 RHS out of the back of the pallet took down 6 lighs and 2 unistrut posts for porer cable as it traveled across the fill area, and still had enough momentum to wrap itself around a building staunchen 50 meters away so the ends touched... It had to be cut off with an angle grinder... The filler quit on the spot! Days like that at work make life interesting....

I was working on a job in Sydney when I heard an explosion. It turned out that it was an oxy bottle going off about fifteen kilometres away. It killed the plumber and made a mess of the whole street.
Not the same incident, but here's an example:

[Make it work]

I was working on a job in Sydney when I heard an explosion. It turned out that it was an oxy bottle going off about fifteen kilometres away. It killed the plumber and made a mess of the whole street.

John, was that the one that the cops thought was a bomb. It went off in the morning when the guy got in his van to go to work. If so, that one was caused by a leak in an acetelene hose and either caught a spark from the van's ignition or the guy had a smoke in his mouth but it was not actually a cyclinder explosion, but still deadly. I remember seeing footage on the news and no wonder they thought it was a car bomb.

[pawnhead]

You're probably right there. It was a while back now, and I can remember something about it happening when he jumped in his car in the morning. There's not too many plumbers exploding around these parts and it would certainly make the news if they did, so I'd say it was the same incident.
He must have lit up a fag with a car load of gas then.