it's mentioned that an adaptor was used to fit the current sized reg into the larger older threaded bottle. If i remember right the older bottle's thread is 18mm with a fine pitch, and the current bottles are 5/8 unf (16mm). There's not a lot of difference between them to fit an adaptor.
Is there a particular safest way to hold a bottle whilst filling it in case of a regulator burst like this? By this I mean, would pointing the bottle in a particular direction (away from you) help minimise the chance that the bottle hits you?
i always set my gear up at the edge of the pit area and point my bottle away from everyone and myself just in case it lets go
Bottle pointing down, guages away from yours and others face, keeping it all at arms length, so your not looking down onto the fill rig or your setup. If marker attached, exactly the same procedure.
Still makes me wink at my seat when I am stood next to someone who is also filling and does the exact opposite of what is considered safe!
Still makes me wink at my seat when I am stood next to someone who is also filling and does the exact opposite of what is considered safe!
When i fill i always have my bottle pointing towards the ground to try and prevent accidents so it just buries itself =/
Damn.. i hope he gets well soon and he has no internal bleeds
Damn.. i hope he gets well soon and he has no internal bleeds
Jeeeeeeaysus. I always fill my bottle with it facing away from me and wear a mask, and I encourage others to do the same. I've heard holding onto the whip is another good safety practice so you can stop it flicking round and nailing you, but under that kind of force I doubt it'd be much use and would probably be best to just keep body parts away from it.