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guys make this plane as simple can i refile my oxygen tank at the local mechanic shop?

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If it is for welding you would need to do a tank exchange at a welding supply company. Breathing oxygen is sold through Home health service businesses. They are not one and the same.

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11 Responses to “guys make this plane as simple can i refile my oxygen tank at the local mechanic shop?”

  1. i’m not sure what your asking exactly…but if your asking if you refill your o2 tank as in your breathing tank….then no absolutely not!!!! i’m a nurse, that is not possible~!
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  2. christondyer1 on May 19th, 2010 at 9:50 pm

    yes
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  3. NO
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  4. If it is for welding you would need to do a tank exchange at a welding supply company. Breathing oxygen is sold through Home health service businesses. They are not one and the same.
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  5. There is medical grade oxygen and industrial grade oxygen.
    But either way the local machine shop does not have the required equipment to safely top off the O2 tank, so no they can not refill it.
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  6. I am assuming this is a tank for breathing, such as for emphysema.
    NO NO Hell NO
    1)It is illegal for your local jackleg mechanic welder to do this
    2)It will kill you. There are no filters or safeguards to prove this is pure Medical o2.
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  7. NO!!
    The mechanic will have industrial grade oxygen .. for welding etc.
    To breath, you want Medical Grade oxygen.
    The difference can kill you.
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  8. There are FBOs that are certified to fill flight oxygen cylinders, but most are not. Your FBO may know where you can go, or you can look in the yellow pages under "medical oxygen."
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    old pilot

  9. Oxygen is the same wherever you get it but there is one important distinction: Aviation oxygen has a much lower water content than medical or welder’s O2. You’d have a problem if you got up to altitude and found your air valve frozen shut. Some pilots use welder’s O2 because its cheaper. I wouldn’t recommend thawing the valve with a lighter though!
    BTW medical ox has a HIGH water content.
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  10. There is also liquid oxygen, like what’s used on the c-130’s and other military aircraft…(not that this answers the original question)
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    i’m an aircraft mechanic

  11. Kansas Engineer on May 20th, 2010 at 2:53 am

    Since this is an aviation forum I assume you want oxygen for flight. The answer is not only "No", but "Hell, NO!"

    Aviator’s oxygen has to come from a qualified source. It has specific requirements for purity and moisture content. Unless you’re happy inhaling stray contaminants at altitude or having your oxygen line freezing its moisture content, plugging the line, and leaving you breathless.

    Aviator’s oxygen costs more. Probably because your life depends on it?
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