Does anyone bother with buying guages that state they are 02 clean or is everyone using standard SPG's for their bottles?
I cant purchase 100% yet but someday I will & I would prefere not to blow up.
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Re: Stage bottle guages
Good question, I am curious too...
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actually i just started swapping over to the small button ones from dive rite, it takes a little getting used to but i dont really check my deco bottle pressure all that much, once before i go onto it and maybe once during use. they are only $25 and you dont need a hose.
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Re: Stage bottle guages
I just use regular spgs, hoses, and regs for whatever I'm using for deco.
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Re: Stage bottle guages
Even pure O2 ?Sounder wrote:I just use regular spgs, hoses, and regs for whatever I'm using for deco.
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Yes, I've used a regular (although high performance) regulator on 100% oxygen, and then have used the same regulator on 50%. Now, all my regulators are used with oxygen-safe gas (it's uber-clean), but I wouldn't freak out and O2 clean them if I used them on a non-O2-clean gas.sheahanmcculla wrote:Even pure O2 ?Sounder wrote:I just use regular spgs, hoses, and regs for whatever I'm using for deco.
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Brass and Glass...yes.sheahanmcculla wrote:Even pure O2 ?Sounder wrote:I just use regular spgs, hoses, and regs for whatever I'm using for deco.
I'll run the hp hose thru the ultrasonic or will flush it with Simple Green, to be safe. I don't even bother with the lp hoses
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There's no way to O2 clean gauges. Buy new and try to keep it clean. Reality is that the valve/valve seat is 10 million X more likely to have a combustion issue than the SPG which is downstream of a tiny brass orifice.
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Glad somebody asked this question, because I need to replace the spindle o-ring on one of my deco reg gauges, and was wondering exactly what I would have to go through to do it.
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Lynne,LCF wrote:Glad somebody asked this question, because I need to replace the spindle o-ring on one of my deco reg gauges, and was wondering exactly what I would have to go through to do it.
Do make sure to use cristolube or some other O2 clean lube, and viton o-rings, make sure not to get any of the lube on the ends of the spindle, so that it blocks it. Other than that it's easy.
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I use Cristolube on everything, and have nothing but Viton o-rings, so that should be okay. I've replaced spindle o-rings before, just never on an O2 reg.
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Like Richard said, there's not much you can do about an spg. Low pressure stuff doesn't bother me. However, I may be overcautious, but I do try to clean the hose and the spool with either Simple Green or Joy, and I use nitrile gloves when handling them. That's what I was taught in my O2 blender class and what Dan does as well.LCF wrote:I use Cristolube on everything, and have nothing but Viton o-rings, so that should be okay. I've replaced spindle o-rings before, just never on an O2 reg.
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