CO2 Gauge
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Topic: CO2 Gauge
Posted By: XIXIX
Subject: CO2 Gauge
Date Posted: 22 September 2007 at 1:04pm
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hey guys,
im just wondering if there is any sort of guage i can buy to add on to my co2 tank to show me how much is left in the tank, or is that only available for the HPA tanks? |
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Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 22 September 2007 at 2:37pm
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Only applicable to HPA. A gauge would show you the amount of pressure in the tank. However*, because CO2 is a temperature sensitive liquid that evaporates into a gaseous form inside the tank before it can be used to power the marker, the pressure reading would not necessarily be indicative of the amount of propellant left in the tank. Edited Note:Explanation seriously over-simplified because I didn't feel like doing a lot of typing. *There's always a "however." ------------- 
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Posted By: XIXIX
Date Posted: 22 September 2007 at 4:10pm
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ok is there a particular weight maybe i can use to see and make sure a tank is properly filled ive heard rumours that the filling station around here is not filling tanks all the way |
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 24 September 2007 at 12:42am
Get an accurate electric scale, empty your tank completely, so that you can physically depress the pin-valve and no air comes out. Weigh the tank, record the number. Take the tank to get filled, weight the tank again, subtract your original (tare) weight from the filled weight and voila! You have how much CO2 is in the tank by weight, which is how they're filled. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
XIXIX wrote:Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 24 September 2007 at 1:48am
I use an electronic fish scale. I've weighed/labeled my tanks empty, so this gives me an idea of how much CO2 is in a tank if I can't remember whether I've used it since the last refill. -------------
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