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[SchwanzBrewer]

I have one on my medical grade tank. Probably not needed but it's a nice separation point. The tubing from the filter to the stone gets cleaned and sanitized. The tubing from the regulator to the filter never comes off.

 

I found out really quick that if you get any moisture up inside that O2 hose you HAVE to clean it really well and blow it out with CO2. Within 3 days of using my tank for the first time there was black gunk just absolutely loving the higher O2 environment. I'm sure some of gas is trapped in the moisture and creates a feast for fungi.

[matt6150]

So those of you with medical oxygen tanks, how do you get them filled?

[positiveContact]

I found out really quick that if you get any moisture up inside that O2 hose you HAVE to clean it really well and blow it out with CO2. Within 3 days of using my tank for the first time there was black gunk just absolutely loving the higher O2 environment. I'm sure some of gas is trapped in the moisture and creates a feast for fungi.

 

I don't leave anything hooked up to the O2.  Every time I use it I put the regulator on and then I have a fitting with a hose barb with a hose on it that I screw into the regulator.  I then put the O2 stone on the end of the hose.  when I'm done I take it all apart and everything gets rinsed and dried (not the regulator and the O2 tank of course).

[SchwanzBrewer]

I don't leave anything hooked up to the O2.  Every time I use it I put the regulator on and then I have a fitting with a hose barb with a hose on it that I screw into the regulator.  I then put the O2 stone on the end of the hose.  when I'm done I take it all apart and everything gets rinsed and dried (not the regulator and the O2 tank of course).

 

I had taken the hose off, but I didn't know it got liquid in it. So it sat on the table for a few days and grew stuff in it.

[positiveContact]

I had taken the hose off, but I didn't know it got liquid in it. So it sat on the table for a few days and grew stuff in it.

 

do you rinse it after you break it down?  my tubing goes right into the wort so I have to rinse it.

Edited by Evil_Morty, 11 June 2015 - 10:39 AM.

[neddles]

do you rinse it after you break it down?  my tubing goes right into the wort so I have to rinse it.

Same. Rinsed and star san before racking to dry.

[HVB]

do you rinse it after you break it down?  my tubing goes right into the wort so I have to rinse it.

one of the reasons I just want to build an inline oxygenator.  One less thing to worry about cleaning and sanitizing.  Oh and it lets me build something too.

[positiveContact]

one of the reasons I just want to build an inline oxygenator.  One less thing to worry about cleaning and sanitizing.  Oh and it lets me build something too.

 

 

wouldn't you then have to clean the inline oxygenator though?  Maybe I don't know how they work.

Edited by Evil_Morty, 11 June 2015 - 11:08 AM.

[SchwanzBrewer]

It's attached to a O2 stone unit so it shouldn't have any wort in it, but if I forget to turn it on right away then wort will penetrate the stone and go into the hose until the pressure builds enough to stop it.

 

I break everything down as much as possible when I clean. The first time I used the O2 unit though I didn't notice what happened and ended up throwing out the hose because of the science experiment. Not even BLC would get that crap out for some reason.

[HVB]

 

wouldn't you then have to clean the inline oxygenator though?  Maybe I don't know how they work.

I would only need to worry about the stone and nothing else

[positiveContact]

I would only need to worry about the stone and nothing else

 

yeah - I've thought about getting one of those SS wands with the stone on the end.  it would mean only SS touching wort which I like in terms of sanitation.  I should probably just buy one.

[HVB]

yeah - I've thought about getting one of those SS wands with the stone on the end.  it would mean only SS touching wort which I like in terms of sanitation.  I should probably just buy one.

That is what I have now.

[ChicagoWaterGuy]

I found out really quick that if you get any moisture up inside that O2 hose you HAVE to clean it really well and blow it out with CO2. Within 3 days of using my tank for the first time there was black gunk just absolutely loving the higher O2 environment. I'm sure some of gas is trapped in the moisture and creates a feast for fungi.

I probably don't get gunk in there due to always having the filter attached.

[positiveContact]

That is what I have now.

 

is it a PITA to clean or something?

[BlKtRe]

That's not a medical tank.

[positiveContact]

Speaking of diving, I called a few places to see where I could get it filled. The place I get my co2 filled said they fill diving tanks but they wouldn't fill this. Not sure what the difference is, oh well.

 

 

That's not a medical tank.

 

that makes me wonder if he just called and said medical tank.  once they saw it they'd probably be willing to fill it.  it appears to have the same connection as my non-medical O2 tank which the welding supply place did not hesitate to fill for me.

[matt6150]

That's not a medical tank.

It definitely is.

[BlKtRe]

It definitely is.

Doesn't look like any medical tank I've ever used in the past 20 years. Specifically the valve. The reg looks like a converted medical type to fit a standard valve/thread. I forget the name of that style.

Edited by BlKtRe, 12 June 2015 - 08:47 PM.

[positiveContact]

Doesn't look like any medical tank I've ever used in the past 20 years. Specifically the valve. The reg looks like a converted medical type to fit a standard valve/thread. I forget the name of that style.

 

agreed on what it looks like.  I don't have much experience with medical tanks though.

[HVB]

Doesn't look like any medical tank I've ever used in the past 20 years. Specifically the valve. The reg looks like a converted medical type to fit a standard valve/thread. I forget the name of that style.

Just going by my Google search but I guess it is similar to the M60? I always thought of medical tanks as having a pin type valve. https://www.cramerde...p?category_id=2