Welcome To P8ntballer.com
The Home Of European Paintball
Sign Up & Join In

strange N2 problem

Gyroscope

Pastor of Muppets
Aug 11, 2002
1,838
0
0
Colorado
www.4q.cc
I was at the Mountain States Tournament Series event (in Denver Colorado) this weekend and I had kind of a wierd problem.

Every time I went to chrono onto the field (that's how they do it here- no hot guns) I blew a burst disk in my tank. It was always the 1800psi one. The funny thing is that it looked as though the disc blew inwards.

I have never seen anything like that.

The set-up was as follows:
custom built eBlade cocker w/ Mac Dev valve, Freeflow springs
AKA Sidewinder inline reg
Pure Energy Thor reg
first tank was a 45ci/45 PE, second was a Crossfire 72ci/45, third was a 68ci/5K PE, then finally a Crossfire 45/3K

I dealt with it by unscrewing the tank after every game and chronographing on at the last minute. This preserved burst discs. The first 2 tanks were less than 1 year old, the other two less than 2 years.

Ideas?
 

jahlad

Emortal
Feb 11, 2002
3,980
57
83
47
Planet, 0161
tricky one, id start by stripping and cleaning your reg maybe...or get somone to take a look at it.....sounds like summut not right in there
 

Baca Loco

Ex-Fun Police
Yep. Only thing they have in common over the course of the day is the Thor. If I recall correctly the Thor can be either a standard range--600-900 psi reg or with (insert/spring change?) a low/mid range---200-400 psi reg. Perhaps mismatching could cause the problems seen? Though one would expect the Thor to fail and not the bottles. ???
 

Gyroscope

Pastor of Muppets
Aug 11, 2002
1,838
0
0
Colorado
www.4q.cc
I suspect the Thor as well, but I don't understand, and I haven't had trouble with it in the last 6 months of use. I was hoping someone would know a specific diagnosis before I started tearing things down. Thank you for sharing similar suspicions... I will start with the Thor.
 

jahlad

Emortal
Feb 11, 2002
3,980
57
83
47
Planet, 0161
it could be something really simple like the grease in it has gummed (some greases start to thicken over time) or a bit of dust has got into it and blocked a vent hole or sumething......strip it down and give it a good clean and relube it....id be willing to bet that sorts it

id give your inline reg a strip clean too, just for the sake of doing it and for the peace of mind

good luck