""Wayne Allewelt"" <wallewelt@mai-aec.com> wrote in message
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>
> > > Ok, so you're thinking maybe just hooking the tanks up directly
> > > and slowly opening up the main tank then shut it off once the blowoff
> > > valve on the small tank opens? Sounds like that could work. Or,
> > > assuming the threads are the same as for a CO2 tank, I'm sure I could
> > > scare up an acetelyne/oxygen regulator which might do the trick?
> >
> > That might be possible. I'll shoot an email to my friend (he's a
> > [paintball]gunsmith) and see what he's got to say about it.
> >
>
>
> Actually on the co2 tanks for the guns its not a blowoff valve. It is
> actually a burst disk. It is designed to fail at a preset pressure. Once
it
> blows you have to replace it. When using CO2 they weigh the bottle empty,
> then set the scale to zero on the empty bottle then add CO2 till the
correct
> weight is reached.
I've never had mine fail, i guess it's good to know that it's a burst disc
and not a blowoff type. That answers that question.
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