CO2 heater

[Badbusboy]

Hi,
Ive seen on e-thing a co2 heater claiming to be a 'welders dream'. What are the chances of that? It looks like a flow gauge that is also plugged in to the power. Any thoughts?

 

[Paul.]

Save your money, unless you are using Co2 on an industrial scale its most unlikely that you will have freezing problems, usually they are found on manifolded systems, or on cylinders if Co2 is used for production welding, I haven't seen one used for years.

 

[Badbusboy]

Thanks Pual,
I just thought at £50 it might be worth it as I can get cheap co2 and that would maybe negate hiring mixed gas!

 

[Philly]

Ive worked alot with CO2 in the past, but Im new to welding and the way we sorted freezing problems was with an expansion chamber, usually inline after the reg. Im sure someone here could turn one out on their lathe