Not a Happy Regulator...

[Shox Dr]

Walked back to my set today to a distinct hiss, it took me a few seconds to realise the bottle pressure gauge had ruptured.



I took the back off, but without leak detection its not obvious where it leaking from. It was bad enough for it to almost empty a bottle I'd only just earlier changed, guess it couldn't take the pressure anymore

Nicked one off a duff set under the bench.


Glad I wasn't paying for the gas

 

[mike os]

Oops

 

[brightspark]

Walked back to my set today to a distinct hiss, it took me a few seconds to realise the bottle pressure gauge had ruptured.

I think we will need about 30 posts on out of date regs leaking at bottle pressure explosions and 5 mile radius exclusion zones by the health and safety police

 

[mike os]

I think we will need about 30 posts on out of date regs leaking at bottle pressure explosions and 5 mile radius exclusion zones by the health and safety police

That is typical over reaction... 4.95 miles would be more than adequate

 

[Shox Dr]

I think we will need about 30 posts on out of date regs leaking at bottle pressure explosions and 5 mile radius exclusion zones by the health and safety police

Ay don't knock'em. I picked up (£20) a full set of saffire 2 stage OA regs baggin and torch set because of them, they were still in the packaging

 

[daleyd]

Ay don't knock'em. I picked up (£20) a full set of saffire 2 stage OA regs baggin and torch set because of them, they were still in the packaging

Are you mad?? They could have your eye out. Drop them off here and I'll dispose of them for you forthwith.

 

[Shox Dr]

Are you mad?? They could have your eye out. Drop them off here and I'll dispose of them for you forthwith.

I can just see them; my god there's been a rise in injuries because (we cant be arsed to do service repairs anymore besides we make more profit selling you a new one, so we'll tell eveyone they have to sling their purfectly good gear away so we can sell you a new set we had made in china)

When want really happened was two blokes were fighting over the last set in the skip

 

[brightspark]

oo errr over 40 years old now didn't have gauges fitted so I got a couple from booty and fitted them. just out of curiosity steam engine boilers get tested but pressure gauges aren't on the engines even though they are over 80 years old

 

[Parm]

You must, I repeat you must have full steel body armour covered in ballistic Kevlar every time you go near a gas bottle and regulator. Don't forget to have a mate on standby..... At safe distance with 999 dialed in on standby

 

[the snooper]

I think we will need about 30 posts on out of date regs leaking at bottle pressure explosions and 5 mile radius exclusion zones by the health and safety police

don't forget we must not repair regulators, which from past posts includes the changing of gauge's

 

[WorkshopChris]

I took the back off, but without leak detection its not obvious where it leaking from. It was bad enough for it to almost empty a bottle I'd only just earlier changed, guess it couldn't take the pressure anymore

Nicked one off a duff set under the bench

With a full cylinders worth of argon now floating around the workshop I hope you evacuated the area until the men in white suites had returned 3 positive samples to confirm the air still contained enough oxygen for everyone to safely re enter the building without fear of asphyxiation.

 

[rikrobson]

I broke a pressure gauge once and bought a replacement off ebay. fitted the new 300psi one ant it instantly went pop. then I realised I'd meant to get a 300Bar gauge not a psi one. No wonder it went pop with 15 times the expected pressure going through it.