Jamesy79 Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 Hi guys just a quick question. Would a beer gas bottle be any good for an air bottle? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evo Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 the simple answer to your question is NO, beer gas bottles have oxygen in them and this can be highly explosive,also if you told a dive shop what it was being used for they would not fill it, get a Divers bottle or a hills pump but under No circumstances should you use a beer air cylinder atb Evo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesy79 Posted June 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 Cheers Evo. I have a chance of getting one for nothing, but just needed to know if it was good to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evo Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 Cheers Evo. I have a chance of getting one for nothing, but just needed to know if it was good to use. you could use any cylinder to store air in but it would firstly need to be tested and stamped , the cylinder is just to hold the pressured whatever,but in beer cylinders you have different gases ie 70/30 50/50 so they don't just have air, I asked the same question a while back at my dive center and they stipulated under no circumstances would they fill one for air rifle purposes, was a bit gutted as I have loads of the things at our pub just sitting there hope this helps, cheers Evo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 the simple answer to your question is NO, beer gas bottles have oxygen in them and this can be highly explosive,also if you told a dive shop what it was being used for they would not fill it, get a Divers bottle or a hills pump but under No circumstances should you use a beer air cylinder atb Evo Evo I'm sorry but I have to correct part of the information that you have provided. Beverage dispense cylinders DO NOT contain oxygen. They contain either CO2 or a mixture of CO2 + Nitrogen. The answer however to the OPs question is still NO. Setting aside the legality of the ownership of the cylinder, the Working Pressure ratings for the cylinders are not suitable for filling to pressures that are required by PCPs. webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twistedsanity Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 Evo I'm sorry but I have to correct part of the information that you have provided. Beverage dispense cylinders DO NOT contain oxygen. They contain either CO2 or a mixture of CO2 + Nitrogen. The answer however to the OPs question is still NO. Setting aside the legality of the ownership of the cylinder, the Working Pressure ratings for the cylinders are not suitable for filling to pressures that are required by PCPs. webber Took the words right out of my mouth, 100% correct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evo Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 I stand corrected, I know it was co2 and nitrogen, my mind is wandering but thankyou for correcting me atb Evo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike737 Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 But they are quite useful for home MIG welding... Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdsallpl Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 (edited) Basically all cylinders whether for compressed air, CO2 mixtures, Nitrogen, Argon or any other inert gas are the same. Oxygen is the same but there are cleanliness issue though to consider. They are generally all designed to the same standards in the UK. The only difference is the valve and cylinder identification. By the right competent test house any cylinder can be put into any inert gas service once correctly prepared. It is the maximum allowable working pressure of the cylinder which is critical. Dive shops will not fill these cylinders because they are not geared up to do it and quite rightly ere on the safety side. For domestic use swapping cylinders from one gas to another should not be carried out. In the industrial gas industry it is a daily event, but carried out by trained competent operatives. Edited June 22, 2014 by birdsallpl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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