Oxy/AC tanks, hauling safely, and storage

[skunkriv]

I carry mine laying down and make a little pile of log chain on either side to keep them from rolling. Always have some chain in the truck.

We have a choice of getting our gas from two places that are about the same distance away. I go to the welding supply store because they also have the neat toys to look at My wife uses more ox than me making glass beads. She gets hers at an implement dealer because that works out better for her. They don't mind that she puts them in her trunk.

The 100# propane bottles she uses we get delivered by the co-op for the same price as if we went there and picked them up. I have a 250 gal tank at the shop now so no hauling and no running out for me anymore.

[R Funk]

Hauling compressed gas cylinders in the passenger compartment of a car is scary.

A minor leak could create explosive enviroment. In the passenger compartment of a car are multiple sources of ignition. Sparks/arcs are generated by the ignition switch, the brake light switch, the seat belt warning system etc etc.

Accetylene may form an explosive enviroment waiting for a small spark to ignite it....

Oxygen may form an atomosphere where fires burn very agressively and sometimes explosively....

I have seen photos of cars that used to exist before a compressed gas cylinder they were hauling leaked.

[racer3j]

For me, never inside a vehicle and I treat Acet. like a refrigerator. Usually let it sit overnight. I keep a tote set so I am never out.mike

[solvarr]

My dealer made me sign a paper saying "you know putting it in your car is a bad idea"

I bought a pair of tanks last week.
Secured it vertically and opened the windows.

As a FYI if you are putting off buying a set the price is going up on tanks. From when I checked 3 years ago the price for this set had gone up about 150$ due to steel costs.

[forgeman]

Originally Posted by Ten Hammers

but valve still cracked before hooking up regulator as in all bottles .

As has been stated earlier , acetylene is very unstable above 15 psi , a full bottle is about 250 psi dissolved in acetone , cracking a bottle without the regulator installed is an extremely dangerous practice . Forgeman

[Ten Hammers]

the SPECIFIC reason for cracking the valve on a new bottle of acetelyne is to clear the valve of:

A: Dust or any foreign objects.

B: ANY acetone that may linger from transport to damage my regulator.

I follow the same procedure with oxygen, NOS gas for MIG or LP prior to hooking up regulators. Perhaps I am wrong in this procedure. I would never regulate acetelyne above 10 lbs for any need in my shop. I weld most days with acetelyne ( 4 fuel, 4 oxygen). In the event that I need to cut something really large with a torch ( over 3/4) and cannot use the plasma or saw I would use the gas torch regulated at 10 fuel and 30 oxygen and appropriate cutting tip.