Air bottle refilling

Help can anyone tell me what they do to fill the small air bottle for the lenco,
i have a small 2" bottle and 2 spd lenco, i have tried with the compressor = no good
how much and what pressure will i need, and how much does a shift take
thanks for any replies in advance
gaz
help

 

You can get them filled with CO2 at a paint gun store. That is long as the hydro test date is within the last five years. It's also filled by weight and not pressure but the pressue usually is around 750 LBS and on a hot day it will climb to around 1000 LBS.

I forget the shift pressure but it depends on what pod you have. Somebody on here I'm sure will chime in with that info.

Tom

 

I trade my old bottle for a filled one at a welding supply house, it's just co2, there's a paintball place near me but they couldn't fill my bottle because they didn't have the correct fittings to do it with. I only use my bottle to launch my chutes, it lasts the whole year.....

 

I doubt you will get the 250 lbs that it takes to shift a Lenco from a compressor.
Do yourself a favor and buy your self a CO2 tank from a local welding supply so you can refill your own and keep it in your trailer. It will be cheaper in the long run and you dont have to rely on somebody else and if you find you have a leak in your system you wont have to pack up and go home.
Plus you can make a few $$$$ filling others

 

C02 Bottle filling

It is usually 150 lbs required or otherwise they will drop down a gear, You do Have a regularlater on top of the bottle they usually are stamped what they are set to.
I take mine to a local gas supplier that fills Oxygen bottles, C02 etc, They usually put the bottle in the frezzer first then fill the bottle, we also use the same bottle that you talk about and get several meetings out of them before they drop from a reading on the gauage of 1000 when fill, and i replace the bottle at 500.

 

We use a large Nitrogen tank to top it and fill the tires too

 

get you a mother bottle of co2 or nitregen from your local welding supply warehouse there about 3 feet tall make you a line to go between the two tanks open both valves when they equalize turn both tanks off and disconnect and your ready to go with a full bottle for the car should go for a long time unless you have a leak somewhere

 

Would that be bottle to bottle or do you go through the guages
cheers

 

If you are going to fill your own air bottle, make sure that you buy yourself a scale and do not overfill by the weight stamped on the bottle.
Ricky

 

go to your local co2 dealer and get a soda fountain (20#) co2 bottle
have them put what is called a siphon tube in it
that way it puts out liquid instead of gas
go bottle to bottle

you can get most any adapter you need from these guys

http://www.breathingair.com/t/product-line/fittings-and-accessories/

 

if you dont use a siphon tube turn it up side down I got a stand from herbert when he was running top fuel they had an extra if you want I can send some pics. you can go to a pepsi bottler and for $12.00 you can get a co2 tank..Dave

 

when i do mine it is just simple a line tank to tank hook them up open the small then open the mother bottle you can hear the small one fill up turn valve off and disconnect no guages necessary and not high priced

ps make sure you get the right fittings to connect them with

 

just remember to ALWAYS weigh the bottle when you are filling..Dave