AzMaN 0 Posted February 22, 2009 Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 Whats the difference between diveing oxygen and aircraft oxygen? can aircraft oxygen be used to re-fill my pcp? Quote Link to post
fielddweller 1 Posted February 22, 2009 Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 Whats the difference between diveing oxygen and aircraft oxygen? can aircraft oxygen be used to re-fill my pcp? Aircraft o2 has a slightly higher moisture content than diving O2. ATB Fieldweller Quote Link to post
AzMaN 0 Posted February 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 Whats the difference between diveing oxygen and aircraft oxygen? can aircraft oxygen be used to re-fill my pcp? Aircraft o2 has a slightly higher moisture content than diving O2. ATB Fieldweller will it do any damage if i use it in my pcp? Quote Link to post
Fidgety 8 Posted February 22, 2009 Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 Oxygen is explosive when compressed with oil/grease. Warnings about this come with PCP's for good reason! Quote Link to post
Grim Reaper 1 Posted February 22, 2009 Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 Whats the difference between diveing oxygen and aircraft oxygen? can aircraft oxygen be used to re-fill my pcp? Absolutely no difference whatsoever - oxygen is oxygen - thats the first half answered. Now onto the second part . . . . The simple answer to this part is, if you value your fingers, hands, and in fact, just about any other part of your body, then no, you cannot, and very certainly should not, use oxygen to fill up your PCP - never . . . .ever!! Only compressed air should ever be used in a PCP air rifle. Any gas under the very high pressures involved in PCP rifle is dangerous enough if used wrongly or incompetantly - let alone using oxygen as well!! OK, just suppose for 1 minute that you did in fact do this, and let's just say for some unkown reason, the whole thing then went tits up and the reservoir went BANG on you, then there would most very definately not be that much left of you - full stop, end of. :sick: I sincerely hope this helps you out some mate? Regards, Grim. Quote Link to post
AzMaN 0 Posted February 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 ahhhh i see, i only assumed by when you say you use dive bottles, go to diving shops to get it re-filled ect it was oxygen. i wont be re-filling at work then thanks for saveing my skin Quote Link to post
fr0gman4 0 Posted February 22, 2009 Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 O2 IS A DEFINATE NO NO for filling your gun are you just getting it confused with compressed air. Its a common misconception that diving cylinders are filled with oxygen. anyway it is way more expensive than an air fill. Quote Link to post
Grim Reaper 1 Posted February 22, 2009 Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 (edited) ahhhh i see, i only assumed by when you say you use dive bottles, go to diving shops to get it re-filled ect it was oxygen. i wont be re-filling at work then thanks for saveing my skin No worries bud, better safe than sorry! When the divers bottles that we use are refilled at the dive shop, the gas they use is in fact compressed air - same as what you are breathing this very minute. Shoot safe, stay safe. Regards, Grim. Edited February 22, 2009 by Grim Reaper Quote Link to post
fielddweller 1 Posted February 22, 2009 Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 Whats the difference between diveing oxygen and aircraft oxygen? can aircraft oxygen be used to re-fill my pcp? Aircraft o2 has a slightly higher moisture content than diving O2. ATB Fieldweller will it do any damage if i use it in my pcp? Are you confusing air and oxygen? air has 21% oxygen and 79% nitrogen, the O2 will probably be 100% which as the previous post said is very combustible when mixed with non hydro carbon oils/grease.I cant see why you would want to use 100% ? HTH ATB Fieldweller Quote Link to post
AzMaN 0 Posted February 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 Whats the difference between diveing oxygen and aircraft oxygen? can aircraft oxygen be used to re-fill my pcp? Aircraft o2 has a slightly higher moisture content than diving O2. ATB Fieldweller will it do any damage if i use it in my pcp? Are you confusing air and oxygen? air has 21% oxygen and 79% nitrogen, the O2 will probably be 100% which as the previous post said is very combustible when mixed with non hydro carbon oils/grease.I cant see why you would want to use 100% ? HTH ATB Fieldweller because we have lots of it at work, and its free, but thats where it will stay Quote Link to post
Grim Reaper 1 Posted February 22, 2009 Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 (edited) because we have lots of it at work, and its free, but thats where it will stay That's all good. Regards, Grim. Edited February 22, 2009 by Grim Reaper Quote Link to post
Malt 379 Posted February 22, 2009 Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 At least you had enough sense to ask first before you filled her up. I've seen some pretty nasty pictures of what can happen when other gasses are used to fill PCPs. Quote Link to post
AzMaN 0 Posted February 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 its just a pain in the butt only geting 40odd shots then having to get re-filled. Quote Link to post
Grim Reaper 1 Posted February 22, 2009 Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 (edited) At least you had enough sense to ask first before you filled her up. I've seen some pretty nasty pictures of what can happen when other gasses are used to fill PCPs. Sort of the same thing here Mal, but just not in pictures - and not to do with air rifles! :sick: Nasty business is compressed gasses when it all goes wrong - not very nice at all. All the best, Grim. Edited February 22, 2009 by Grim Reaper Quote Link to post
hw97 8 Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 just been lookin on the net and found this pic i can see why you dont fill them with it dangerous stuff Quote Link to post
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