Hi Ray,
Sounds like a good plan. It doesn't matter how scruffy the bottle looks on the outside. It only matters what it looks like on the inside. You want to avoid corrosion on the inside by never letting the bottle pressure deplete to zero. That's how moisture gets in. Always having a positive pressure in the cylinder keeps moisture and corrosion out. It's also a good idea every few years or so to have the bottle tested to make sure. I assume the vendor is selling the bottle with it already tested and certified.
The AM1000 I got a few months ago has 12mm fittings so I'm not sure. You can see the specs here which shows 12mm internal diameter and 16mm outside diameter of the fitting. http://www.aqua-medic.de/freshwater/en/ ... or%201000/
This is really stupid because the Eheim filter tubing is usually 16/22, or 16mm internal/22mm external this means that the tubing just slips over the AM fitting with very little resistance and it therefore leaks. I had to slip some other small diameter tubing over the fittings to increase the diameter and then the 16/22 tubing went on with better resistance.Unbelievably stupid...
Cheers,
Sounds like a good plan. It doesn't matter how scruffy the bottle looks on the outside. It only matters what it looks like on the inside. You want to avoid corrosion on the inside by never letting the bottle pressure deplete to zero. That's how moisture gets in. Always having a positive pressure in the cylinder keeps moisture and corrosion out. It's also a good idea every few years or so to have the bottle tested to make sure. I assume the vendor is selling the bottle with it already tested and certified.
The AM1000 I got a few months ago has 12mm fittings so I'm not sure. You can see the specs here which shows 12mm internal diameter and 16mm outside diameter of the fitting. http://www.aqua-medic.de/freshwater/en/ ... or%201000/
This is really stupid because the Eheim filter tubing is usually 16/22, or 16mm internal/22mm external this means that the tubing just slips over the AM fitting with very little resistance and it therefore leaks. I had to slip some other small diameter tubing over the fittings to increase the diameter and then the 16/22 tubing went on with better resistance.Unbelievably stupid...
Cheers,