Word of warning : Don't Leave Full CO2 Tanks in Hot Car! - Page 8

bja · 07-06-2010, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by triethylborane

Do have the tank visual tested every 5 years and hydro tested every 10.

Hydro testing is required every 5 years.

esp · 08-12-2010, 05:14 PM

The local Airgas has a picture of a car where someone stored some tanks. It looks like it was used for a car bomb. They routinely load up all canisters onto trucks and secure it, but if you insist on putting it in the car, they make you put it in by yourself. No pressurized canister should be left inside of a vehicle. 80 degrees outside can easily climb to well over 100 degrees inside the vehicle in the full sun.

Another important safety note is NEVER use any kind of oil when screwing a valve onto an oxygen tank (or any tank for that matter). The pipefitting shop I worked in only used teflon tape.

**KFH** · 08-22-2010, 06:51 PM

If you need to be told not to leave a metal canister full of highly pressurized gas inside a car during the daytime (especially in the summer)... maybe you should be wearing a helmet. At all times.

**3 Dog Brew** · 09-10-2010, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Choguy03

Word.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WScwPIPqZa0

Science Rules!

TSR6 · 10-22-2010, 08:00 PM

I get nitrogen tanks for stock car racing at AIRGAS - They wont even let me pick them up in anything other than my truck.

They even had a fit that I had a tonneau on the truck in the summer - and as someone else posted, I had to load them in my truck myself... this is the big tall tanks. I was driving 8 miles...

arlewis86 · 01-30-2011, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by GilaMinumBeer

Strapped to your back like a Scuba tank. I am sure DOT planned for that.

I'm sure it's good for an extra 10 HP, which for a motorcycle is like adding a solid fuel rocket booster!

**curlyfat** · 02-03-2011, 08:29 PM

Should I be worried about my tanks sitting in my garage year round? It gets 95F+ in there in August!

As to vehicle safety, I had a 25# CO2 tank in my car when it rolled twice. The tank started in my backseat, and ended up in my front passenger seat. I don't know how I didn't get whacked by it...oh and my little .22 rifle that was in the back ended up sticking out the windshield in front of my seat.

Here's a picture of how it sat:

**Geigon** · 06-18-2011, 02:12 AM

My scuba instructor told us to always transport our tanks upright and strapped in. If you're in an accident and the valve gets broken off the tank becomes a rocket. MythBusters did an episode on air cylinder rockets and showed they can penetrate a cinder block wall.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejEJGNLTo84

Seemed like good advice to me to keep this potential force going down! (Not sure it matters in a rollover though :-(

Cheers,
-Brad

petrostar · 08-26-2011, 05:13 PM

I just had my 20lb tank filled on monday because I had a leaky connection on my kegerator setup. Lost a 20lb tank in 3 days while I was gone on vacation. The tank I bought on monday was going to help me find this leak, the first thing I noticed when I got home and hooked it up was how high the regulator pressure was. Almost 2500 psi I think. Long story short, until the tank cooled down and equalized in my garage temperatures I couldnt' even see if my leak check was complete because the psi just kept dropping. It was 90 out that day and only in my car for about half an hour.

**virginiawolf** · 11-14-2011, 11:57 PM

Good Posts. Where I get my tanks filled the guy said propane left in a car can be dangerous if there's a slow leak when you go to start the car it can cause it to ignite.
They warned me about the c02 on hot days as well. I usually prop my c02 tanks nice and snug upright in the back seat like little babies with some coats. Same with the nitrogen. I usually go right home with them. Ever since I got to learning about acetylene I'm real careful with any kind of tanks.

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