burst disk blew, do I need a new one?

[FreakBaller12]

I flash filled my tank before i left the field today, about 1/2 an hour after I get home I shoot some paint, then another 1/2 an hour later my burst disk blew and drained the tank.aside from it scarign me senseless, do I need to buy a new burst disk?

[AGDlover]

yup get a new one

[JimmyBeam]

.aside from it scarign me senseless,

hahaha i know what u mean. i was in the shop about 5 feet from someone filling when the disk blew. i thought i was dead for a second. scared the **** out of me

[FreakBaller12]

Do I need to replace both or just one?

[Number13]

You need to replace any burst disk that ruptured. If it didn't rupture, you do not need to replace it.

And don't flash fill.

[FreakBaller12]

yea I know, I don't know, I shoot some pressure out of it, so I don't know why it went off afte that and not before.

[wanna-b-ballin']

i dont understand why it bursted an hour after it was filled. it cools off in under 30 minutes and loses pressure. why would it blow after cooling and shooting?

[Number13]

If there have been repeated flash fills, the heat and pressure can weaken the copper disk and make it more prone to a burst. The copper could slowly have been stretching between the fill and burst if the pressure was near it's threshold after the damage.

[FreakBaller12]

If there have been repeated flash fills, the heat and pressure can weaken the copper disk and make it more prone to a burst. The copper could slowly have been stretching between the fill and burst if the pressure was near it's threshold after the damage.

lol ooops

[alooney11]

Did you flash fill on accident? I mean its not to difficult to ease the air into the tank. Plus that is bad for the tanks.

[TDonovan]

Most fields (around me at least) use pushbutton fill stations. If you want air, you have to use them.

[Pyroboy597]

yea same Paintball Invasion (in south jersey) uses them too.. self filling stations where u hook it all up and hold down a button.

[ben-afficial]

ours is a little nob you turn yourself, one time this co2 tank sitting right above the scubas(6) blew and we all thought we were gonna die cuz it looked like the scubas blew...luckily all the customers just left we all ran like drunken soccer players(kicking and screemin