hooking a paintball bottle to a keg

[shafferpilot]

To anyone with CO2 fill problems:

check with the local fire extinguisher services in your area. Most fill CO2 onsite, and are fairly cheap.

 

[Sean from New Hampshire]

WOw this is great, I have TONS of tanks lying around I can use, I also found a 5 pound fire extinguisher.

Sean

 

[ipscman]

I'm told I can't use the 8 gram bulbs for sale at local hardward stores for BB guns in my "Beer Machine"...that it has to be "food grade bulbs." Does anyone know if the gas is different or is this just hype? THANKS.

 

[Displaced MassHole]

It may just be hype, I ran into this problem with my O2 tank. I went to airgas to have it filled with "medical grade" oxygen and the guy said its all the same. Its the tank thats different. My tank is for welding as apposed to a tank for breathing. With the little cartriges I'd assume that you'd be ok as long as their the same size.

 

[pen25]

I'm told I can't use the 8 gram bulbs for sale at local hardward stores for BB guns in my "Beer Machine"...that it has to be "food grade bulbs." Does anyone know if the gas is different or is this just hype? THANKS.

those co2 tanks have oil in them. helps lube the gun if i remember correctly.

 

[Displaced MassHole]

That makes sense.......I'd def stay away from those then.

 

[ipscman]

Now I'm confused. Look at the first advertisement at the top of the page. It is for 8gram co2 cartridges used for paintball and carbonated beverages. Here's the link:

http://www.gas-depot.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=20

Would the site allow ads from a company selling a product that would wreck out beer?

Say it ain't so.

???

 

[shafferpilot]

medical and food grade tanks are glass lined. that's the difference.

 

[pen25]

i had just been reading about those little 8 gram tanks and read they had oil but again i am not 100% sure. i know when i used one to clean my laptop there seemed to be a film left behind. ill see if i can spray some on some white paper and see if there is an oil mark

 

[IrregularPulse]

you cant use this tank. it is not for co2. there is a nifty carbination chart that you can search for that will help. the carbination level depends on the type of beer you have in your keg and the temp.
hope this helped somewhat.

You can use fiber wrapped tanks for CO2. You have send it out to be hydroed and approved for Co2 for teh proper sticker so places will fill it and you need to replace the regulator with a CO2 Valve so it can be filled. When I first got into PB I had a 45/45 Fiber Wrapped tank that was exactly this before getting really into it and jumping up to Compressed Air. I plan on taking my current 45/45 CA tank and converting it again since I no longer play in the NCPA after graduating and am downgrading to play occasional woods ball with the neighbor.

 

[thickmakdaddy]

Problem: I got a 3lb paintball style bottle on Ebay for thirty dollars and a typical taprite fassco dual gauge regulator for 26 bucks. the regulator threads match the bottle but there is nothing to depress the plunger on the bottle.

Solution: I used a hack saw and flat file to cut a piece of a hex key (allen wrench) that fit inside the hex shaped indentation on my regulator. The tricky part is getting the length of hex key perfect so that just before the regulator seals down tightly it begins to depress the plunger. Wear gloves and eye protection and have the bottle held down securely in a vice or something when you do this. lucky for me, my bottle has a seal on the end of the fitting that seals against the flat face of the regulator fitting. Good luck trying to find some kind of adapter in case you want a simple solution. Else just quit dorking around and fork over the cash for a regular co2 bottle and avoid a lot of messing around and frustration.

 

[Dpostman]

For those in Canada with no lowes in the area, Here is the link for the Canadian Tire Solution:

JacPac

dp

 

[antsp1]

Stumbled across this.

Ant

 

[GillandCo]

I have always wondered this But looked through my rubbish and lost my paintball Co2 Tank...would have made a nice spare, just enough to fill the other in time! Or strictly for transferring beer form one carboy to the other (keg)...O well looks like i'll have to invest in another tank now~Another excuse to spend $