great video, straight info no BS, and at least you know what on and off is on a ball valve, unlike the other guy who had no clue, no source tank, no scale, just a hose setup and an empty small tank. Have a great day
I had the hardest time finding some place local to fill my paintball CO2 tanks for my aquarium. I only go through one in 8-10 months, so sizing my system to use a much bigger canister doesn't make sense. I do have a CO2 Power Tank for off-road tire fills and air tools, so I bought the refill station parts from Amazon to fill the paintball bottles myself. I do need to invert the Power Tank as it doesn't have a dip tube. But a lawn chair and bungee cord take care of that problem. I don't mind using a little of the Power Tank to keep the aquarium plants and fish happy. Thanks for the fill info!
Once you have the Power Tank (or DIY from appropriate industrial parts for much less money) hardware you can add standard CO2 cylinders of any capacity to your collection. I collect used CO2 cylinders then exchange them at my local welding supply because I use them for tires, pneumatic tools and MIG welding shielding gas. Every mechanic should learn what industrial gases can do for them.
@@oldphart-zc3jz Now the problem is finding someone to refill the power tank. Local welding supply only wants to exchange, two off-road supply places near me closed and the other doesn't do refills.
Can you tell me what universal adaptor I would need to fit onto a paintball tank? I have a fill station but I’m not sure my adaptor at the canister / paintball end would fit a paintball tank
I fill my 50# tank with DRY ICE!! It will turn back into liquid CO2. It is a cheap way to fill tank and also for filling Soda stream tank just weight the tank to be sure not to over fill.
you said freezer then 10 secs later fridge. so which is it. im looking at c02 for a large aquarium, who would fill the large tank. or can i get 6 small tanks filled. if so where or who would fill them.
CO2 stores as a liquid under pressure then sublimes into the gas we use for our purposes. Purging gas frees space for liquid CO2 as does cooling the tank so the liquid mostly stays that way.
The tanks would probably hold air, though let it be said, they were designed for CO2. You'd need the some adapters I would think.... we have never tried it - "Air" isn't so good for beer. Also, when air is compressed there is moisture that develops and there is a lot of free floating bacteria in regular air. CO2 is sterile and maintains a sterile environment.
If you were to pump air into them, they should hold though, let it be said, they were engineered for CO2. Let us know if you try it out and how it works out. Thanks for the question.
I am following along with this..... I can't figure out what I am doing wrong. The scale keeps re-zeroing out.... so I can't tell if it is filling and how much.
HI GUYS, I'M LOOKING FOR A CO2 FILLING STATION FOR PAINTBALL, BUT IT HAS A # 5/8-14UNF THREADS, IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND A VALVE FOR THIS THREAD, WHICH FILL STATION WITH ON/OFF VALVE MAY WORK FOR MY THREAD, THANKS
Hi, I have the same filling station, but my tank has no diptube, so I flip it upside down. I follow the steps from the video, but my canister gets filled only to 50%. Does anyone know what the problem might be?
I have a similar system, but I have noticed that I do not get more than a 75% fill on the smaller containers, and the larger tank won't fill bottles when there is still CO2 in the tank. How would you remedy this without having some sort of air compressor? I am not able to completely drain the CO2 in my larger cylinders by using the system that you show.
The problem is not the system, it's the residual pressure valve on the small tanks. It won't open if there isn't enough pressure, and it won't open if there's too much change in pressure too fast. There is no resolution other than to find some other way to use the remaining co2, or just let it go to waste. One option is to directly pressurize 2L bottles of water and just make club soda (there's a cheap attachment for that). ...or go buy a 5 pound keg of your favorite local beer and use it to serve that.
Freeze WHAT in your freezer? He shows you freezing your small canister/tanks in the freezer you do that for both paint ball canisters and soda stream canisters by the way. Anyway he not only SHOWS YOU he talks you through it very clear here. One of the best demonstrations on RU-vid for this material. If you miss it just back your play up a little and rewatch it until you grasp what he's saying and SHOWING. No need to replay the entire video though sometimes that helps too. Take a short break and re-watch and again if you need just grab the slider bar back to repeat a section.
I have a 100lbs co2 tank like you have in the video. It’s 900psi. I see my paintball canisters are max 3000psi. How do I get almost 3000psi in a paintball canister when my tank is only 900psi? Thanks for the video
Co2 is only 800 to 900 psi depending on air temp. The Paintball tank burst disk are at 3k for safety. The tank could also be filled with HPA and you will get close to the 3k max.
Cleadus, If by siphon you mean an internal dip tube inside the source tank, the answer is no however, without the dip tube, it may require you to turn the source bottle upside down. That's not so tough with a 5 or 10 pound tank. I don't know if I'd want to do it with anything larger. make sure that the bottle you're filling is a cold as you can get it. Thanks for the question.
I think that's the way it works. There are some good Soda Stream connection videos that show that and no doubt works the same way for filling paintball canisters too. Of course there are good tutorials and not so great. But watch a few to half a dozen to a dozen and you'll quickly pick up the best of the best tid bits of info and be able to apply to your personal situation or set up limits etc.
I just buy dry ice crush it and fill all my mini tanks for my mini kegs. Weigh out the Co2 and funnel it in screw the valve system back on and done. Wait till it liquifies and GTG
