Air fill stations

[b0ned0me]

I'm about to get a gun equipped with a 3000psi air rig. I'm also thinking of getting a 300bar scuba tank.

The question is, can a 300 bar fill station step the pressure down to 3000psi, or would I need a 232bar tank/fill station to avoid blowing the air bottle to bits?

 

[Dan 2]

Normally you just open the valve until the gauge on the bottle reads just under 3000 psi and then close the valve to stop any more air going in... Just as long as you don't just leave the thing to fill up then it will work just fine on a 3000 psi system...

 

[Matski]

air fill

Dan's right, just dont over fill and your fine.

 

[Coran]

One point is to fill slowly and as the needle approaches 3000psi start to open and close the air rig in small increments to avoid over filling.

Overfilling shouldn't be disasterous because the burst disk will go, but it may cause a brown trousers moment!

 

[Dan 2]

Yep and lots of running arround trying to find a replacement bottle/burst disc you can use if this happens in a tournament (been there done that )

 

[darkoracle]

Are there any non paintball industries that can fill a bottle excluding scuba.

 

[Tom]

Not many. You need true high pressure air at 3000 to 4500 psi, and due to that high a pressure also require it to be at breathing quality to avoid contaminated air

So paintball, scuba and the fire brigade

Co2 is a different matter but should be avoided anyway

 

[darkoracle]

Thanks a lot appreciate the advice, nearest scuba center is not very far