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Re: filling co2 without siphon??

In Reply to: Re: filling co2 without siphon?? posted by Patrick on January 18, 2003 at 17:32:14:

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Posted by:
Madhead
on June 26, 2003 at 22:07:33

Wait wait wait..I'm trying to rig up to fill from a 20lbs CO2 tank from a restraunt coke dispenser. I'm guessing that it does not have a siphon tube (can't think of any reason it would need one). I plan to weld a rack together to hold the 20lbs tank upside down safely and the scales all together. Your stern and (in my opinion) slightly paraniod opinion of the saftey issues concerning flipping the tank are odd. My questions is: Will turning the tank upside down truly be a good enough alternative to having a siphon tube installed.
Further I'd like to pick your brain about how many fills I can really get. Asuming no waste (impossible) a 20lbs tank would give me about 16 fills if I'm filling 20 ounce paintball gun tanks. So...I'm gonna waste some in the hoses and stuff but is there a point when the bulk tank will be so empty that I can't fill a 20 ounce tank even though the bulk tank has a pound or two left in it? Can this happen? I really don't know if they might pressure equalize or something.

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: Wait wait wait..I'm trying to rig up to fill from a 20lbs CO2 tank from a restraunt coke dispenser. I'm guessing that it does not have a siphon tube (can't think of any reason it would need one). I plan to weld a rack together to hold the 20lbs tank upside down safely and the scales all together. Your stern and (in my opinion) slightly paraniod opinion of the saftey issues concerning flipping the tank are odd. My questions is: Will turning the tank upside down truly be a good enough alternative to having a siphon tube installed. : Further I'd like to pick your brain about how many fills I can really get. Asuming no waste (impossible) a 20lbs tank would give me about 16 fills if I'm filling 20 ounce paintball gun tanks. So...I'm gonna waste some in the hoses and stuff but is there a point when the bulk tank will be so empty that I can't fill a 20 ounce tank even though the bulk tank has a pound or two left in it? Can this happen? I really don't know if they might pressure equalize or something.

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