My Regulator D'oh! Moment

[El Dude]

So I connected my CaRx last week. Been running about 5 days now. I got the special washer for the CO2 tank/regulator interface. I even got my crescent wrench and tightened it about as tight as I would for my SCUBA regulator. Well it was about 900psi when I hooked it up and I just noticed it was at about 300psi. I soaped it down and found a fizzer of a leak at the CO2 tank/regulator interface. D'oh! I tightened it again even tighter till it was on as tight as I could get it. Then I soaped it. No leak.

My logic was this: SCUBA regs will pressurize and seal themselves...surely CO2 regs do the same...WRONG!!!!!!!!

Learn from my mistake. ALWAYS soap test your CO2 fittings.

End of rant.

 

[pgr11]

So I connected my CaRx last week. Been running about 5 days now. I got the special washer for the CO2 tank/regulator interface. I even got my crescent wrench and tightened it about as tight as I would for my SCUBA regulator. Well it was about 900psi when I hooked it up and I just noticed it was at about 300psi. I soaped it down and found a fizzer of a leak at the CO2 tank/regulator interface. D'oh! I tightened it again even tighter till it was on as tight as I could get it. Then I soaped it. No leak.

My logic was this: SCUBA regs will pressurize and seal themselves...surely CO2 regs do the same...WRONG!!!!!!!!

Learn from my mistake. ALWAYS soap test your CO2 fittings.

End of rant.

And your the gas man??????????

 

[frodaddy]

Oh Balls ... To bad it wasnt some Nitrous Oxide !! We could have partied ..

 

[james-lee]

Oh **** Moderator sexy talk going on hea!

 

[frodaddy]

And your the gas man??????????

Hahahahahahaha ...

 

[El Dude]

And your the gas man??????????

Hey! Like I said! I THOUGHT it would make a seal once gassed up! NOT need pressure to be gas tight! The bright side is Cal Tool & Welding is down the street from me.

 

[El Dude]

Oh Balls ... To bad it wasnt some Nitrous Oxide !! We could have partied ..

Chris has roofies for that...why do you think they call him Mr. GHB???

Oh **** Moderator sexy talk going on hea!

Try sitting through an entire IEMAS meeting when Juan is feeling frisky. I'm emotionally scared for life.

 

[Six2seven]

Wasn't there a thread about how much easier calcium reactors are than dosers??????? Lol

 

[frodaddy]

Chris has roofies for that...why do you think they call him Mr. GHB???

Try sitting through an entire IEMAS meeting when Juan is feeling frisky. I'm emotionally scared for life.

Chirs always has the good stuff ... Maybe I need to start showing up at those IEMAS meetings !!!