Scuba Tank Fill Station Questions...

[Paintchucker]

I have started playing with a church group in my area that has a 10 acre wooded field behind their church. I was thinking about getting a scuba tank and the adapter so I could fill my own N2. Anyone had any experience with this type of setup? Good/Bad/Indifferent ???

SCUBA TANK FILL STATION LINK

[gadget68]

Worth the $$$$$

I use that exact set up. It works great. I supply about 6 of my buddies who decided to go compressed air. It is very inexpensive when compared to CO2. The only draw back is since my scuba tank is a 3000psi, when we fill up our paintball tanks the pressure balances out between the two tanks. What does this mean you ask, well your first fill will be about 2600 to 2500 psi and it only goes down from there. An 80 cf scuba tank can fill our tanks about 10 times before drastic noticable psi loss. I hope this helps.

[ZeroXtreme]

Me and my friends got a fill station exactly like that. What we do is we rent scuba scuba tanks already filled with air the day before we go to the field we play in, and we just attach the fill adapter to whoever's tank. One benefit for us is that we always have enough air, since the field we play in often runs out of nitro, plus they can't even top off our tanks to 3000psi.

It comes out cheaper for us this way since renting scuba tanks are cheap here, and we just split the cost of the fill adapter amongst ourselves.

One problem I can forsee with the fill adapter though is that the main body is made out of aluminum, and the treads on it will wear out much faster than steel would. Since you have to keep on attaching and removing it from the scuba tank, this might become a problem.

One more thing, just make sure that the fill adapter is secured tightly on the scuba tank before turning the valve on to charge. Remember the tank is under very high pressure, and a loose fill adapter might cause serious injuries to you and whoever is around. :)

[Russ]

That's pretty much the same fill adapter I use (mine's an ACI brand unit) I have 3 80cf, 3000psi aluminum SCUBA's that me and my son fill off of. I have the SCUBA's filled at a local dive shop, for $3 each tank. Someone on this site suggests 3300psi aluminum tanks, for like $150 brand new, delivered. I wish I'd of known about these, 'cause that's what I would've got.

[ChrisRT]

fillstation

What is the highest psi tanks you can buy, that can travel around with you and is not ungodly expensive? With the CF being 80 CF.

[[M@g_D@ddy]]

i've seen 4.5k 80's. wouldn't say they're cheap tho
i have a question too: if i needed my scuba filled, could i fill on a 3k booster to 4.5k to fill my scuba to 3k. instead of a mad ol' oiless compressor? there is only one person who has one and he's hard to get a hold of, and the FD won't do it cuz of liability (that sucks).

[n1mr0d]

Originally posted by [M@g_D@ddy]
i've seen 4.5k 80's. wouldn't say they're cheap tho
i have a question too: if i needed my scuba filled, could i fill on a 3k booster to 4.5k to fill my scuba to 3k. instead of a mad ol' oiless compressor? there is only one person who has one and he's hard to get a hold of, and the FD won't do it cuz of liability (that sucks).

don't you need a compressor to use a booster?

a booster does have a mechanical advantage right? the relationship between pressure it can fill and time it takes varies inversely, so i guess it could run by itself without a compressor. sorry if that didn't make any sense, i just don't really know how boosters work.

[krafty]

I think those kind of fill stations require J or K valve scuba tanks, but I'm not sure. Double check this before you buy a tank...