Hi, I'll try to keep this brief, but I have a few issues, maybe I can wrap them all into one thread...
1) My bubble counter looses water - fast.
It's a standard issue co2 art "with built in check valve". I removed it while full of water the other day and water literally drips from the bottom of it. Not sure if that is normal, but also, in normal use, it will go from full to empty in 3 days. Am I going to ruin my solenoid? Should I add a second check valve higher up the system, or do I need a new bubble counter...? Or what...?
Thank you
2) My reg leaks - in three places!
Again, I'm not co2 are bashing, they're fantastic, but it is a co2 art dual stage reg, I bought about 5 or 6 years ago and didn't use for the majority of that time and moved house twice since then, so I may have ruined it somehow... Anyway, it leaks where the arm that connects to the cylinder enters the centre of the reg, where the first guage enters the centre of the reg and where the needle valve enters the solenoid!
They are minor leaks, but I don't want to waste gas. Can I repair this? Should a professional? Do I live with it? Or bin it and buy a new one...? (Its a bad time, finanially, for investing in a new reg for me.)
Thank you.
X marks the leak...!
And finally
3) I bought a new Camozzi valve, like this... https://www.co2supermarket.co.uk/precision-camozzi-flow-controller-customiser-p331.html for better control over bubble count, but I bought it with all the wrong fittings - my fault, but now I want to make sure I get it right...
The extension arm is too short and it clashes with the reg when screwing on and the male output doesn't seat properly into the bubble counter, as it has no nipple and the bubble counter requires the small o-ring to seal.
So, I need new connectors. I could get the long extension and nipple connector and go direct from old needle valve to new valve to bubble counter and away... OR, I could put the new valve in-line AFTER the bubble counter. Or is that stupid?
Solenoid/old needle valve/bubble counter/co2 tubing/new valve/co2 tubing/check valve/co2 tubing/diffuser...???
Or I could also replace the old 90 degree needle valve with a direct 90 degree bend arm piece, as it's leaking there anyway...???
Sorry, so many questions, but I'm in a bit of a pickle...
Many thanks
1) My bubble counter looses water - fast.
It's a standard issue co2 art "with built in check valve". I removed it while full of water the other day and water literally drips from the bottom of it. Not sure if that is normal, but also, in normal use, it will go from full to empty in 3 days. Am I going to ruin my solenoid? Should I add a second check valve higher up the system, or do I need a new bubble counter...? Or what...?
Thank you
2) My reg leaks - in three places!
Again, I'm not co2 are bashing, they're fantastic, but it is a co2 art dual stage reg, I bought about 5 or 6 years ago and didn't use for the majority of that time and moved house twice since then, so I may have ruined it somehow... Anyway, it leaks where the arm that connects to the cylinder enters the centre of the reg, where the first guage enters the centre of the reg and where the needle valve enters the solenoid!
They are minor leaks, but I don't want to waste gas. Can I repair this? Should a professional? Do I live with it? Or bin it and buy a new one...? (Its a bad time, finanially, for investing in a new reg for me.)
Thank you.
X marks the leak...!
And finally
3) I bought a new Camozzi valve, like this... https://www.co2supermarket.co.uk/precision-camozzi-flow-controller-customiser-p331.html for better control over bubble count, but I bought it with all the wrong fittings - my fault, but now I want to make sure I get it right...
The extension arm is too short and it clashes with the reg when screwing on and the male output doesn't seat properly into the bubble counter, as it has no nipple and the bubble counter requires the small o-ring to seal.
So, I need new connectors. I could get the long extension and nipple connector and go direct from old needle valve to new valve to bubble counter and away... OR, I could put the new valve in-line AFTER the bubble counter. Or is that stupid?
Solenoid/old needle valve/bubble counter/co2 tubing/new valve/co2 tubing/check valve/co2 tubing/diffuser...???
Or I could also replace the old 90 degree needle valve with a direct 90 degree bend arm piece, as it's leaking there anyway...???
Sorry, so many questions, but I'm in a bit of a pickle...
Many thanks