Totemair 3000psi Tank No Body Can Fill!!!!!!!!!!

[rossm07]

Hi every1

i just bought a paintball package online tippmann a5 and with the package came a 3000psi hpa tank.

it came on tuesday and i have tried 8 places, both scuba and air gun shops and no where is able to fill it up

they are all saying they dont have the right equipment to fill it.

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can some one please tell me how to or what i need to fill it???

 

[Gassy]

I think you will need one of these to fill off a dive tank the 2nd or 3rd one

http://www.fatbobspaintball.co.uk/Air_and_Co2_Systems-Air-Air_Fill_Stations/c12_150_157/index.html

 

[rossm07]

thanks for the quik reply but which 1?

im will be on msn throughout the night if it is easier to contact thro that?

rodman999 {at} hotmail.com

 

[Skeet]

im will be on msn throughout the night if it is easier to contact thro that?

rodman999 {at} hotmail.com

You need one of the two that Gassy mentioned. Get the A-Clamp one, take that with you to the shop.

 

[FirebirD]

I know what it is

The fill nipple is in too tight, you need to take it out, PTFE tape the threads, and put it back in, not as far, happened with my stako, the nipple was too far in so the thing wasnt depressing to allow the air in or something or other, you just gotta remove the nipple and put it back in

orrrr you mean they cant fill it because they wont allow it?
Well then thats another matter Haha, the above posts will help you there

 

[rossm07]

it is just the fitting nothing wrong with the bottle

for the people that replied about the a-clamp are you sure that is all i need?
so ur saying i plug this a clamp into the bottle then into that goes normal scuba tank tube?

 

[WEEBLE1]

Dive shops havent got the right attachments to fill Paintball Air systems.

You need to get the right Air Reg, that fits onto a dive tank, then the Air system attaches to this, to allow it to be filled.

Why not ask your local paintball site if you can fill it there ? easiest option.

 

[rossm07]

would but the nearest one to me that fills hpa is about 40 min journey and i dunno if they will have the right fitting
would one of the A-clamps work Weeble?

 

[Skeet]

it is just the fitting nothing wrong with the bottle

for the people that replied about the a-clamp are you sure that is all i need?
so ur saying i plug this a clamp into the bottle then into that goes normal scuba tank tube?

Yeah. The A clamp part fits onto a normal Scuba Tank and has a fill snap connector for our fill nipples on it.

Slap the A Clamp on a Scuba tank, bottle on the fill station, fill it (slowly) and your good.

As for the paintball site, if they use air, they should be able to fill it

 

[spreadz07]

A dive tank can take either Din fill or the A clamp. It depends what reg the DIVE tank has. I had a dive tank that could use either as the din fill has a thread that screws into the DIVE tank and the A clamp would fit on the other. Most DIVE tanks now have a universal fittiing where you can unscrew the A clamp fitting leaving the threads for a din fill rig.
I would phone the Dive shop and ask if their tanks are either DIN fill or A CLAMP then buy the fill station that complies with their tanks.
Simple really
Nige
PS. like Skeet said