How long will a bottle last befor refill?

[Dennismoore]

I struggled with finding someone to fill my small bottle.I was told that paint ball guys could do it and they cant, they run different fittings.Then the fire extinguisher guys, No luck. Will a Nitros Pump work? Where would a guy get the pieces to build a transfer hose? Or is there one available from somewhere? I do live way up in Northern BC Canada so we may just be out of the loop. Im not sure..hahaha

[Chris Williams]

Welding supply places:
Here's one from Airgas: http://www.airgas.com/browse/product...&recIds=191563

Beer home brewers:
Here's one place: http://kegman.net/refiller.html#5057

[Bob Verwold]

[QUOTE=Chris Williams;151629. Over the winter, I'm also adding a CO2 sensor for the Racepak dash to light a warning light if the bottle's under 500lb...

Just wondering why the light...... I have two gauges on my bottle, one is press to stop / shifter the other is press in the bottle. The stop / shifter gauge is pre set at 100 psi the other is what's left in the bottle. My thinking is that anything over say 200psi is going to have the same effect as it's regulated down to 100 psi. As yet I've never had any trouble, been running like that for 5 or 6 years now. I do look at the bottle gauge after the car is running just too ck where it's at............

[Chris Williams]

Originally Posted by Bob Verwold

Just wondering why the light......

Sure, if you remember to check the gauges.

With the warning light, whenever the car is on if the bottle is low, a light will come on the dash. Have lights for low oil pressure, high water temp, or low fuel pressure. Rule is, when one of those lights comes on, STOP. Will add CO2 warning light this winter. The Racepak dash we use has four warning lights, this will be the use for the fourth.

As I said, lost a round at a nat'l event this year because of it -- never gonna have that happen again.

[don R]

I re-fill once to twice a season. I made up a fitting like shown above. we leave the bottle valve on all day and close it when we put the car away. You can soap test the fittings to find leaks. When re-filling from a big bottle you can immerse the small bottle in ice water, it will fill with more liquid CO2 and have more pressure, also let it sit connected for a few minutes. I have a gauge just for watching the bottle pressure while it warms up. If needed you can bleed off a little. I re-fill from a beverage bottle like used on a beer tapper. Be careful and if will work fine. There is also a siphon bottle available that has a dip tube inside that way you re-fill with liquid co2 not vapor. The beverage type work fine and are way easier to find.

[mbong66]

Originally Posted by Dennismoore

I struggled with finding someone to fill my small bottle.I was told that paint ball guys could do it and they cant, they run different fittings.

The Paint ball store in my area has a adapter to fill the 10 0z bottles maybe you should talk with the manager and see if you could get an adapter to there fittings. The store that I use has about 25 to 30 racer that fill at his store and the it is under $3.00 to fill a 10oz bottle.