charlysays
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I suspect I lost a good chunk of my last bottle via a leaky stop valve and regulator.
I always turn the tap off and back the regulator off to zero but I was using a different regulator to my tried and tested one (which kept some co2 bottles full for years despite the tap being leaky) but I didn't get anywhere near as much welding as I expected to.
If I were going to add an additional valve has anyone got suggestions of a compact and ideally cost effective solution?
I know the recently tested and full Adams gas hobby bottle I have (5% co2 ) has a leaky tap because with the regulator switched off completely the inlet pressure gauge slowly creeps up to about 2750psi even with the bottle tap firmly closed.
I was thinking of adding a gas rated ball valve to the inlet of my regulator, with suitable adapters. Need to check their operating pressure first but wondering if anyone has done anything to address this issue of the taps on the gas bottles being leaky?
Thanks in advance
I always turn the tap off and back the regulator off to zero but I was using a different regulator to my tried and tested one (which kept some co2 bottles full for years despite the tap being leaky) but I didn't get anywhere near as much welding as I expected to.
If I were going to add an additional valve has anyone got suggestions of a compact and ideally cost effective solution?
I know the recently tested and full Adams gas hobby bottle I have (5% co2 ) has a leaky tap because with the regulator switched off completely the inlet pressure gauge slowly creeps up to about 2750psi even with the bottle tap firmly closed.
I was thinking of adding a gas rated ball valve to the inlet of my regulator, with suitable adapters. Need to check their operating pressure first but wondering if anyone has done anything to address this issue of the taps on the gas bottles being leaky?
Thanks in advance