I've found the tanks by themselves...not in home depot, but in lowes.desertBrew said:Went to Home Depot and was going to get a 02 tank for airating the wort but do you have to purchase a torch end then as well or did I not find the right oxygen tanks?
Not that hardcore...an extra $30 bucks for the stone & regulator, and $8 or so every few batches for the oxygen. For me, it's a lot easier than trying to shake up a 6 1/2 gal carboy with 45 lbs of wort in it.ian said:Wow, you guys are hardcore. Here I was just shaking up my carboy. . . .
El Pistolero said:For me, it's a lot easier than trying to shake up a 6 1/2 gal carboy with 45 lbs of wort in it.
El Pistolero said:Not that hardcore...an extra $30 bucks for the stone & regulator, and $8 or so every few batches for the oxygen. For me, it's a lot easier than trying to shake up a 6 1/2 gal carboy with 45 lbs of wort in it.
El Pistolero said:I've found the tanks by themselves...not in home depot, but in lowes.
desertBrew said:Probably the same tank I saw then. Red Bernzomatic tank for about $8. Maybe I'm being thick but this is your normal torch tank of oxygen. So what do you attach it to to get the air out? You need to screw something onto the top that activates the pressure release valve in the center of the tank & something to turn it on/off. That's why I thought maybe I need a torch attachment but that seems like a cludge?
You need the regulator, not the torch head itself. You are in the right area, just keep looking. When I looked over the weekend, the only oxygen regulators they had at Lowe's were in the kit containing O2, fuel gas and torch. Probably more than you want.desertBrew said:Probably the same tank I saw then. Red Bernzomatic tank for about $8. Maybe I'm being thick but this is your normal torch tank of oxygen. So what do you attach it to to get the air out? You need to screw something onto the top that activates the pressure release valve in the center of the tank & something to turn it on/off. That's why I thought maybe I need a torch attachment but that seems like a cludge?
ALPS said:You need the regulator, not the torch head itself. You are in the right area, just keep looking. When I looked over the weekend, the only oxygen regulators they had at Lowe's were in the kit containing O2, fuel gas and torch. Probably more than you want.
I've seen the regulators online (check Northern or Midwest) for $15 -$20.
desertBrew said:Ok, Northern had the regulators online but for $25. Wish I bought the stone/regulator combo now. I'll look at Home D or Ace to see if they have a regulator (Lowes I went to didn't). I could purchase the pencil torch assembly for $12 and "rig" it I'm sure.
usmcruz - yea, the red bottle. That was the only image online. Don't think I would have made it this far in life if I would make a mistake like MAPP gas as an oxygen source :cross:.
Check Williams Brewing. Item Q11. Oxygen regulator. $17.90. Too bad everything else they sell is way more epensive than other places.desertBrew said:Ok, Northern had the regulators online but for $25. Wish I bought the stone/regulator combo now. I'll look at Home D or Ace to see if they have a regulator (Lowes I went to didn't). I could purchase the pencil torch assembly for $12 and "rig" it I'm sure.
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My kit came with airstone, tubing, and a regulator to screw onto the top of the O2 tank. It's like this:desertBrew said:So what do you attach it to to get the air out?
ALPS said:Check Williams Brewing. Item Q11. Oxygen regulator. $17.90. Too bad everything else they sell is way more epensive than other places.
As for medical grade containing antifungals... never heard of that. Maybe the small disposale bottles do. Anything refillable comes from the same source that also fills industrial oxygen cylinders, all at your local welding supply store.
DyerNeedOfBeer said:I have no experience on this so I am posing this as a concern / question...
I thought / heard that you cannot get oxygen cylinders from a medical supply place without a prescription. I thought that the way they were allowed to sell oxygen at lowes and such was because they put another trace gas in it which caused it to be irritating / smelly to people. Obviously this is not the case since many people seem to use these oxygen sources in home brewing... Anyone have any knowledge on this issue?
DeRoux's Broux said:if someone is worried about contamination from the bottled BernzOmatic o2, they can put an in-line filter on. but, there should be no problems. i've been using the set up for a while now.
times for oxygenating wort:
for 5 g picthed wort:
1.040 -1.050 1 min
1.050-1.060 1.5 min
1.060-1.070 2 min
1.070 and up 2.5-3 min and once additionaly in 12-14 hours. these schedule should yield 10-15 ppm dissolved oxygen in the wort.
it should be done low and slow. the smaller o2 bubles are better utilized by the yeast. which is why sloshing the wort around from bucket to bucket, or in the carboy does not do near the job of oxygenating w/ a stone and o2 bottle.
DeRoux's Broux said:i get about 7-9 out of a bottle. i could probably get more but after cleaning and sanitizing the aeration stone and hose, i always blow it out with the o2 bottle. and, this last starter i made i used it to oxygenate that. i normaly oxygenate my worst for 2 minutes too.
I‘ve been using oxygen for quite awhile, but always did it fairly high because I did not know better. Then I read an article about doing it very low, where the bubbles at the surface are small, but may take 5-6 minutes. On my first batch my FG was to be 1.013 and finished at 1.006. So something must have worked.How much oxygen do you use, your only suppose to hit it for 2 minutes on low for better absorbtion
I have no experience on this so I am posing this as a concern / question...
I thought / heard that you cannot get oxygen cylinders from a medical supply place without a prescription. I thought that the way they were allowed to sell oxygen at lowes and such was because they put another trace gas in it which caused it to be irritating / smelly to people.
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