Filling your bottles
- Thread starter Tom Allen
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Defiantly a thread everyone should read.
now time to read the links provided by tom on guidlines and watch a few youtube vids.
Just a thought, when people have stated using their own gear but what about when we buy 2nd hand bottles (still in test date) and we fill for the first time(s) we are un aware of how they have been previously treated, maybe wd40 in the nipple and so on.
should we remove fill nipples to clean out and then reassemble,when not knowing their previous history ?
now time to read the links provided by tom on guidlines and watch a few youtube vids.
Just a thought, when people have stated using their own gear but what about when we buy 2nd hand bottles (still in test date) and we fill for the first time(s) we are un aware of how they have been previously treated, maybe wd40 in the nipple and so on.
should we remove fill nipples to clean out and then reassemble,when not knowing their previous history ?
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Pretty much covered it
However I wouldn't hold by the fill whip
It does seperate your hand from the cylinder if something went wrong, but it can put a strain on the fitting
I recommend cupping the regulator between two fingers and hanging the cylinder and gun
If anything blows then you are less attached and out of the way of whatever ends go up or down
When actually filling I also say not to do just one press to fill. Fine if just topping up
If you're filling from low or empty then press the lever for a short while, release, pause, press again and repeat
3 goes should be sufficient
Touch the cylinder and you will see how hot it gets and with experience you will begin to hear how fast it is filling
A fast fill will heat the cylinder which at least just means you get les of a fill (hot air expands so when it cools you find that you have less air - fill when you exit the game and check/top up before going in)
At worst a fast fill generates the heat to increase the chance of a flash fill
High speed fill stations stopped back in the day when there were the flash fill explosions in the UK, but they may creep back
Also there are now fast fill nipples so you can get a pretty fast fill from a standard station
Flash fill failures are a rare thing so not a major worry. Just be aware and we won't be having anymore
However I wouldn't hold by the fill whip
It does seperate your hand from the cylinder if something went wrong, but it can put a strain on the fitting
I recommend cupping the regulator between two fingers and hanging the cylinder and gun
If anything blows then you are less attached and out of the way of whatever ends go up or down
When actually filling I also say not to do just one press to fill. Fine if just topping up
If you're filling from low or empty then press the lever for a short while, release, pause, press again and repeat
3 goes should be sufficient
Touch the cylinder and you will see how hot it gets and with experience you will begin to hear how fast it is filling
A fast fill will heat the cylinder which at least just means you get les of a fill (hot air expands so when it cools you find that you have less air - fill when you exit the game and check/top up before going in)
At worst a fast fill generates the heat to increase the chance of a flash fill
High speed fill stations stopped back in the day when there were the flash fill explosions in the UK, but they may creep back
Also there are now fast fill nipples so you can get a pretty fast fill from a standard station
Flash fill failures are a rare thing so not a major worry. Just be aware and we won't be having anymore
Or buy brand new.
There's two things I will never buy 2nd hand, goggles and bottles / air systems.
Except for the safety of the person filling who wont have a clue what has been done to the bottle and reg, for example if some one has decided to fix a sticky fill nipple with WD40 or any other kind of oil, the first the trained person will know about is when the bottle explodes. People should be responsible for their own gear and if you don't know what to do ask some one who does know to show you.