fiesta@cbnewsi.ATT.COM (eric.c.beck) (07/20/89)
I tried this on misc.wanted and got no response. Here goes... I'm looking for a refurbished, surplus, or used pressure regulator for use with a 10 pound CO2 tank. I believe a regulator capable of withstanding 2000 PSI of input pressure is suitable for this application. A 30 to 50 PSI output pressure would be perfect for my application. If you know of a supplier of discount or surplus regulators, or have one that you want to part with, please let me know. Thanks in advance... Eric Beck att!homxb!fiesta (201) 949-3302
john@stiatl.UUCP (John DeArmond) (07/21/89)
In article <423@cbnewsi.ATT.COM> fiesta@cbnewsi.ATT.COM (eric.c.beck) writes: >I tried this on misc.wanted and got no response. Here goes... > >I'm looking for a refurbished, surplus, or used pressure regulator for >use with a 10 pound CO2 tank. A new regulator should cost perhaps 30 bux so finding a used one is probably not worth the trouble. For suppliers try: Welding Supply Beer distributor Softdrink distributor Restaurant equipment distributor. Hey, you wouldn't be growning some Mary-J-Wanny indoors and want to enrich the atmosphere in your greenhouse would you. That's what one of my customers was doing one time. Got the tank and regulator back from the police :-) John -- John De Armond, WD4OQC | Manual? ... What manual ?!? Sales Technologies, Inc. Atlanta, GA | This is Unix, My son, You ...!gatech!stiatl!john **I am the NRA** | just GOTTA Know!!!
larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) (07/21/89)
In article <423@cbnewsi.ATT.COM>, fiesta@cbnewsi.ATT.COM (eric.c.beck) writes: > I'm looking for a refurbished, surplus, or used pressure regulator for > use with a 10 pound CO2 tank. I believe a regulator capable of withstanding > 2000 PSI of input pressure is suitable for this application. A 30 to 50 > PSI output pressure would be perfect for my application. > > If you know of a supplier of discount or surplus regulators, or have > one that you want to part with, please let me know. I'm sorry that I can't help you with any "discount" sources for such a regulator, but I can provide you with some other information. In my travels, I see CO2 supplied in K, Q and F cylinders which contain, respectively, about 3, 20 and 60 pounds of liquified gas under a pressure of around 830 psig. A lecture bottle contains about 0.5 pound of CO2. I don't know of any 10 pound cylinders, but this may be a size used in the beverage industry. I would use caution before trying a surplus regulator on CO2, unless either you or someone with experience _knows_ that the regulator is good. A defective regulator could, under the right circumstances, cause injury. Some CO2 regulators are electrically heated to prevent freezing in high volume delivery applications; you may wish to bear in mind that a non-heated regulator can freeze in a CO2 application. Also, beware that some CO2 cylinders are designed for _liquid_ CO2 withdrawl, and consequently have internal eductor tubes. Such a tank would be inappropriate for use with a gas-phase regulator. For this very same reason, CO2 tanks for gas-phase withdrawl MUST be kept upright - otherwise liquid CO2 will escape into the regulator with highly undesireable results. <> Larry Lippman @ Recognition Research Corp. - Uniquex Corp. - Viatran Corp. <> UUCP {allegra|boulder|decvax|rutgers|watmath}!sunybcs!kitty!larry <> TEL 716/688-1231 | 716/773-1700 {hplabs|utzoo|uunet}!/ \uniquex!larry <> FAX 716/741-9635 | 716/773-2488 "Have you hugged your cat today?"