Safety Warning / CO2 Tanks

This needs to be in the Upgrades and Customizing, because the Consumer Products Commission determined that a primary cause of the valve coming loose may be an improper anti-siphon install.

CPSC Issues New Safety Warning for Paintball Guns

"It is critical that the valve be re- installed with the appropriate adhesive and the proper torque."

BTW, Thanks, but "KirkWade" Gets the credit for the Link.
Please read, and tell everyone you know.

Edited by Kevin Z

Good job Kevin, It is good for anyone about to get an anti siphon to read this! In fact, when I got an anti siphon installed in my tank it was unscrewing from the valve!! I took it off the gun with a wrench (which I don't recomend anyone does, just take it right to your pro shop) and took it to a pro shop.

I think this should be stickeyed for anyone to put a siphon tube in their tank to see.

Edited by Large Unit

I must admit... I thought this was another rumor (good job, Kevin!!!)

That's sad that the people died, and how it's unsafe, but how uncareful must these people have been?! this recently happened to me, over at my good friends house, we  had finished testing my flatline, and as I went to take off my tank, I noticed ( very obviously I might add) that the copper part was not turning, so when I noticed,( It was very hard to miss Co2 was flying everywhere...) I let it leak all the way out, then took it to my local proshop, problem solved, no more issues with the tanks.

Great post. Due to the fact that a mother was killed not long ago cause of a tank valve coming off the tank and hitting her in the back of the head. Sad and now that the word is out it can stop from trgedyies like this happening again. TWO THUMBS WAY UP THERE.

Teabag_joe

TippyManic32 wrote: I'll stick with my nitro, but i feel sad for those two people

OOOOOOHHHHHHH baby, unscrew the valve off a 4000 PSI nitro tank and it will take someones head off in the next county. not just the next table.

I think you should take the same precaution.

i just installed 2 anti siphons on both my 20's. i
used blue loctite on one. i just tightened it a lot, my
torque wrench doesnt fit on smart parts valves. and i
used red loctite on the other one. the blue one held
up fine. i didnt get the one with the red loctite filled
yet. i sopposed it will be fine. red loctite is pretty
strong stuff

Holy crap, that's for people taking shortcuts, that'd be sweet if they were brass eagle tanks so they had to god out of business or something ;)

Kristofer wrote: this doesnt have to do with anti-siphon, but can the parts come apart on nitro tanks too?

It has a regulator on the tank, just like a CO2 tank does, so yes. However, there is no reason to take apart an HPA tank for something like an anti-siphon, as it would serve no purpose. The only reason one would have to take the reg off of an HPA tank that I can think of is to replace the internal O-ring. But, to answer your question, it still could happen. It would be a lot more purposeful, and a much larger mistake to do it, but it is still plausible.

Edited by JBird33

you really have to be careful about what you do with or to your tanks ive had a few 12grams blow up in my face when i was using my Zeus Pistol and the valve exploded on one of my 20oz that i used to my A-5 you really cant be too careful