Co2 regulator keeps leaking..

[Riiz]

Care to elaborate on that a bit more? I have used co2, the same stuff that is used in planted tanks to euthanize animals. So yes, it will kill..

Really, people use their CO2 to euthanize animals in the water? You mean deliberately or accidental btw?


@Jag, your bottle only released a few pounds worth of CO2 over a decently long period of time. It would only be an issue if your house was sealed up like a bubble. So you're pretty safe.

 

[The Zigman]

Care to elaborate on that a bit more? I have used co2, the same stuff that is used in planted tanks to euthanize animals. So yes, it will kill..

I thought I elaborated on it pretty good, but hey, if you put anything in a sealed container, and fill it with any gas, Co2, nitrogen, helium, it would be lethal. Co is the common household killer associated with so many accidental deaths, because it is produced in any appliance with an open flame, like your furnace, water heater and over / stove.


its not so much that the Co2 is lethal, its the fact that the co2 has pushed the available O2 out of the space, thereby suffocating the animal. The co2 didnt kill it, the lack of oxygen did. You could do the same thing with nitrogen or any other gas that humans can not breathe. Just like putting an animal in a sealed container, eventoually all of the available oxygen well be used up and it will suffocate.. the fact is that the co2 takes the place of available oxygen in the air. Co (carbon Monoxide) attaches it self to the red blood cells in place of oxygen and will not let oxygen in, it itself it toxic.

the likelyhood of being killed in your house from a co2 leak is pretty slim.
unless your house is the size of a phone booth.

 

[Squawkbert]

OMG - Trainwreck of a thread...

OK - CO2, in addition to being able to displace enough O2 to kill you, has toxic properties at or above a certain % (probably 4% as stated above - remember Apollo 13?) that will harm you w/o suffocating you.

That said, venting a 5# bottle into a room, even fast enough to hear it, won't be a cause for concerm unless you live in a bubble.

The seal between tank & regulator for a CGA-320 fitting is made w/ the gasket - not any sort of swage or thread based seal. No, you should not have to deform the nylon (or other material - viton, brass/rubber, whatever) to get a seal.

This seal is not, however, the only potential spot for a leak.
Next time, soap every threaded pice of the regulator and the main valve on the tank (middle of knob, under - everywhere 2 different pieces of metal come together).