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Re: [APD] O2 regulator on CO2



REgulators made to CGA standards, which is required under
DOt regs for most situations, are diff sor some diff sorts
fo gas. O2 is reverse-threaded form CO2 fittings, among
other diffs. With adaptors, one can adapt diff fittings to
each other.

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--- urville <urville at peoplepc_com> wrote:

> thats what i heard to. the guy at airgas said the only
> regulators that 
> were co2 regulators are sold to the aquarium industry and
> the soda 
> industry. the book he had just said gas regulators. dont
> bet cash on it 
> though, find a source for info in the gas industry call a
> gas supplier
> 
> Douglas Guynn wrote:
> 
> >I can't speak for all regulators, but it really doesn't
> matter as far as
> >Victor regulators are concerned. I spoke with an
> authorized Victor repair
> >center a couple of years ago, and they said the
> regulators were the same,
> >the only difference being the connection to the
> cylinder.
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: aquatic-plants-bounces at actwin_com
> >[mailto:aquatic-plants-bounces at actwin_com]On Behalf Of
> Phillip Grobler
> >Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 8:27 AM
> >To: aquatic plants digest
> >Subject: [APD] O2 regulator on CO2
> >
> >
> >Is there any good reason not to use a O2 regulator on a
> CO2 cylinder ? I
> >live is South Africa and CO2 regulators are +- $150
> where as I can get
> >O2 regulators for +- $60
> >
> >As I understand it O2 is at higher pressure, and more
> corrosive than CO2
> >and as such the  regulator should be fine ? The only
> reasoning  I can
> >see not to use a O2 regulator is that the CO2 cools
> quite rapidly if the
> >regulator is opened fully and that might cause a problem
> if the
> >regulator gets  to cold.
> >
> >Any one that is more knowledgeable know why I shouldn't
> >
> >Phillip Grobler
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