Anyone ever use a nitrous bottle as a cylinder to hold your argon to weld?

 

Do they use the same DOT certification?

 

I don't think so...becuase i think most nitrous systems run around 1000psi while your argon is stored at 2200 or so psi. Although i am not sure what the actual nitrous bottle is capable of holding, it may be enough, but i doubt a station would even fill it....you could always buy your own bottle and paint it

 

If you find a company that will do that, they're ******* idiots. It is illegal to do that. Not only that, but your flowmeter won't hook to a nitrous bottle.

If it were that easy to find a cheaper alternative, somebody would have already come up with it.

There's laws and regulations about putting gasses into bottles, and such. Anybody that will put aargon in a nitrous bottle is likely risking huge fines and jailtime... and they don't want to do that so you can save $50.

If you think finding an exhaust shop that will take out your cat converter, just try and find a place to put argon in a nitrous bottle.

 

a simple no would have been just fine

it was just one of those hey i wonder if kinda things... At any rate I was calling around town yesturday and found a company that would sell me a new 40CF cylinder with argon/c02 mix for about $100.. Refils are about $22.

 

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i actually had a midas replace my cat with a test pipe, i was shocked that they said ok.

 

Get the 80.

 

yeah get the 80...little more expense now, but when your in the middle of a project and forgot to check you pressure and you run out, you'll wish ya did. plus its cheaper to get filled, well cheaper as in you get a bulk type discount

 

80 still isn't that big. You just probably don't want to have to find time every time that you have a MINOR project to get a refill. I run out of 80's quickly. Sad, yes, I know. It might be time to upgrade.

 

One more question... can acetelyne or oxygen cylinders be used for argon?

 

Just buy/lease the proper setup from your local welding supply place. Your safety is not worth saving $50....nevermind the fact that you will be buying a tank that no place will fill. So where is the savings then? You have a tank you cant use.

 

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