An Idea.....
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Topic: An Idea.....
Posted By: Woodsballer98
Subject: An Idea.....
Date Posted: 13 October 2004 at 6:38pm
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OK, I'm new here, but i thought about something I want your opinion on it. What if someone made a warmer for CO2 tanks so that you could play in the winter instead of buying a Nitro system? Like I said though, only an idea. ------------- My future Tippmann 98 Custom can kill your Eradicator any day! |
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Posted By: rockerdoode
Date Posted: 13 October 2004 at 6:43pm
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well, whenever i go paintballing when its cold i just put a big wool sock over the tank and keep it under my armpit...that keeps it pretty warm...or do you mean like, an insolated co2 tank, cause those would be kinda bulky... ------------- "According to Sue Johanson, theres nothing that can increase your manhood, trust me I've already looked into it for myself." -Zata |
Posted By: Woodsballer98
Date Posted: 13 October 2004 at 6:47pm
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Like a can cooler, but it fits over the tank. The thing that would most likely make the idea crash and burn is the fact that it would be electrically heated. That would probably bring it to a halt. ------------- My future Tippmann 98 Custom can kill your Eradicator any day! |
Posted By: A-5 auto
Date Posted: 13 October 2004 at 7:07pm
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how bout u just take a sock put some of those foot warmers in it and put it over your tank. That would work perfecto! ------------- Hey howd you do that?! Your funny hahaha shut up! FAPM forumers against Popemobile |
Posted By: crazedloon
Date Posted: 13 October 2004 at 9:14pm
| well now that i think of this i came up with a idea but i may be to exspensive. have heater that is powered by a battery. its heat coils go around the tank so it will warm it. however it has thermomiter that it is hoocked up to so it will slowly get hotter or turn off entirely deprnding on the temperature. just a thought |
Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 14 October 2004 at 6:37am
Insulating your tank is a very bad idea. It accomplishes the exact opposite of what you intend. co2 uses heat from the surrounding air to convert itself to gas, so if you insulate it with a sock, all your doing is making it extremely hard for the tank to use that heat, and in essence keeping it cold. ------------- 
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rockerdoode wrote:Posted By: XenoSabre
Date Posted: 14 October 2004 at 8:48am
yeah, also electrically heating any type of compressed air tank with heating coils is just asking for a hospital bill. ------------- [IMG]http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/Xeno-Sabre/kutaragi.png"> http://xeno-sabre.deviantart.com/ - http://xeno-sabre.deviantart.com/ |
Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 14 October 2004 at 3:59pm
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^^A very large one at that. I know someome who uses the sock, but I told him it didnt do anything. Now I have proof and can rub it in his face. I would say buying a nitro tank is well worth it for avid winter-time players. ------------- Pumpker'd; (V.) When a pump player runs up and shoots you at point blank range because you thought 20bps made you good. |
Posted By: Glassjaw
Date Posted: 14 October 2004 at 4:20pm
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I don't understand your theory Enos. If you insulate your tank
you are keeping the air around it warmer, so how is that doing the
exact opposite? Someone could make tanks that have a layer of steel, a thin layer of home insulation, and another layer of steel. ------------- |
Posted By: holysmartone
Date Posted: 14 October 2004 at 6:01pm
| I believe what Enos is saying is this: when you shoot co2, it quickly becomes colder than even winter air. Insulating this cold air would actually become worse for the co2 than exposing it to the air. Now, would using one or MAYBE 2 of those little foot warmer thingys be dangerous? I mean if your actually shooting it should keep the co2 at an accecptable temperature correct? Im just wondering because I want to play in the winter here soon, and I dont have nitro and cannot afford it. Also, if it overheated the worst that would happen is blowing the burst disk right? |
Posted By: DracoPlasm
Date Posted: 14 October 2004 at 11:48pm
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Ive never playd in the winter so i dunno but if your idea did work i still would just grab some socks and layer them on my tank before buyin something specificly for that ------------- 
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Posted By: Monk
Date Posted: 15 October 2004 at 6:02pm
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Making an electric heater for your co2 tank is easy with Nicrome wire. However Nicrome wire gets really really hot, (hot enough to cook your toast and blow up a co2 tank) If you had a degree in electrical engineering you could do it. I would sujest, if you wanted an electric heater, to use those electric heated gloves and jerry rig'em to your tank. |