CAN YOU PUT Co2 IN A NITRO TANK???

[jtk0569]

I was just wondering if i could put co2 into my hpa tank b/c i have nowhere that will fill n2 or hpa around here. please help me out.
~jordan

[RATM]

Negative.

[Restola]

co2 is apparently a really dirty gas. putting that in a nitro tank would probably screw up the reg.

[covadsucks]

I do recall of a CO2 tank that was similar to a nitro tank, it was 68 cu in and I don't recall who makes it but I'm sure that you may be able to find out some info on Warpig.com or PBstar.com somethin like that. i've seen one once, and it was on a really nice Bonebrake cocker so I know it worked like a nitro set up.

[eskimo]

Just an observation, but I was looking at a 48/3000 Pure Energy tank and it has Co2 stamped into it.? So in theory you could probably use the tank, just not the reg. I have seen some at Paintballgear.com they list a 68 & 88 Co2 tank.

[davej946]

Yes, the TANK you can use. They are rated at 4000-5000psi or something like that. CO2 is at 850ish at room temp, thus it can be done. However, the Regs will not work. I'm 99% sure that the threads on the CO2 bottles, as well as the Nitro bottles are the same. So you could, in theory, buy a tank, and put a pin or on/off valve on it.

Later ~

[Snewk]

i think smart parts makes a tank that you can put co2 or n2 in...although if i had it...why would i bother putting co2 in it anyway?

[ciaran.mooney]

Actually the Smartparts Max-Flow runs really well with CO2. They use it with impulses and its meant to work just as well (though not as) air.

[TheTramp]

A normal HPA tank cannot take CO2. The reg is not designed for it and would not interact with liquid CO2 very well. Either coming out or going in. Trying to fill through the fill nipple would probably freeze it open. As far as the tank goes, the others are right. HPA tanks are rated at a MUCH higher pressure than CO2 reaches (3000/4500 vs. around 850) YOu would have a big problem if you tried to fill a CO2 tank with HPA.

[ShinyGuy]

Fiber wraped tanks are not made to take the extreem cold that CO2 subjects the inside of the tank to. While you could use one for CO2 it would never be safe to fill it with nitro again. The cold from the CO2 could cause the fiber to seperate.

If you need a larger co2 tank go to your local medical or industrial gas supplyer (like Praxair) and as what size tanks thay have. You can get just about any size you need.

[beam]

just a couple of questions:

1. not really a question but a point, you would fill it using the fill nipple....only n2 needs that, co2 you would fill via the asa

2. if a fiber wrapped tank can't take co2 safely, how does smart parts make their 68cu CO2 tanks?

Just wondering.

[Predater]

tecnicly you can. the tank can hold co2 but the liqud co2 will slowly make your tank shrink. it makes the aluminum shrink. in a carbonfiber tank that makes it loose betwene the aluminum and carbon fiber. thus it makes the structural integrity of the tank go down hill. there is a place on nitroduck.com that explains it better but the site is under construction right now. check back to them on march 14.

[PyRo]

You can, but you need a differant reg. You cannot run Co2 with an N2 reg.