Side Entry Regulator

[trogre]

Hi All.
I Have been looking at regulators for side entry bottles.From what I have read the regulator with a flow meter seems to be better for setting gas flow than a regulator with 2 dials.

Unless I am looking at wrong pages I cannot find a Side Entry regulator complete with flow meter! except for one from Australia with around £50 postage!!!

How do you get over this?? Do you stick with the 2 gauge or can a bottom entry regulator work on the side.I know the bar gauge is ok to read sideways so can the flow meter also be sideways or can it be undone and twisted upright.

The bottle I have got is one from Barnet Welding Supplies and is Argo5 10L

I may be missing something here so your advice would be appreciated.
Thank You

 

[Country Joe]

Mine seems to work at any angle - unless you're talking about the "pea in a tube" type items, the peashooters need to be the "right" way up.
All the Best,
CJ
I'm beginning to think you mean "can the dial face either way" - if so, yes it can, and you'll be able to turn it, so you view it from the side or the top - whichever you choose.

 

[Country Joe]

Just re-read it.
As far as I know, there is an adapter available that allows you to use the peashooter style flowmeters with a side-entry cylinder.
All the Best,
CJ

 

[Country Joe]

Just a thought, - if I read it yet again, in a couple more minutes, I'll probably see it in a completely differently way!
CJ

 

[trogre]

Hi Country Joe.
Cannot even understand my own message.Thanks for you input though,I did not mean the peashooter type.
Maybe if you can decypher my post you will come up with another thought
Thanks

 

[Robotstar5]

These are probably the most accurate type to use...

 

[Country Joe]

Hi there, trogre - no worries, I sometimes don't understand myself!
Robotstar5 is right, those pea-shooters are the most accurate type to use - but only work vertically.
The regulators on this page (4th & 5th down) would work on either cylinder - (side or top entry)

http://www.weldequip.com/regulators-gas.htm

You could also use the "stand alone" pea-shooter type of flow meter (3rd item down, on the same page) over the end of your MIG or TIG torch, if you wanted to be doubly sure of the flow rate, or just to check for leaks - EG - if there was much less flow at the torch end than is shown at the the cylinder regulator, you would expect a leak somewhere between the two.
Most people probably wouldn't use both all the time, as they'd see it as a bit of a "belt and braces" approach. Although you can never be too careful, as even a small leak can get pretty costly given enough time.
Hopefully a better explanation than before!
All the Best,
CJ