Any CO2 tank?

[frostyone]

I'm curious as to whether or not you can use any kind of CO2 tank for kegging? I have a fill station that I used to use to fill up tanks used for paintball. Is there any reason that I couldn't use this/tanks used for paintball? I can get all the necessary fittings, gauges, etc. Just trying to cut some corners if it is safe.

 

[KYB]

Yea it should work fine if it hooks up to a regulator fine.

 

[ChrisS68]

As long as you're not talking "green gas", CO2 is CO2. A very important point is that tanks designed for refilling other tanks will have a dip tube, which means the CO2 comes out as a liquid - definitely not what you want. Make sure of what kind of tank you have. If your tank does have a dip tube, wherever you get your tanks refilled might be willing to swap the tank out with a standard tank

 

[frostyone]

I think you might be able to fix the problem about getting liquid by turning the fill tank upside down. It also gives more fills. Also, from my paintball days, certain guns didn't like liquid. This was solved by one, not using a tank on the gun with a tube, and secondly using multiple regulators. This also may be conducive to going the economy route (using what I already have). Does anyone see a problem with this? Thanks for the replies.

 

[frostyone]

By the way, I haven't even checked as to what kind of fill tanks I have (I have two). So there may not even be a problem.