CA Rx - CO2 level

[SpecialTang]

Hi
I have had my CA Rx set up for about 8 months now. This week it has been harder and harder to keep my pH in the reactor at the desired levels. I was wondering if this was a sign of the bottle running low? I cleaned the reactor tonight to make sure nothing was plugged. I lifted the bottle and it feels a little light.

How long should a 10lb bottle last?

Thank you

 

[SpecialTang]

I calibrated the pH probe through my Apex controller twice just to make sure it was not the probe

 

[lvsuckerfish]

how many bubles a min are you using? I would guess less then a year

 

[trido]

Do you have a pressure guage and regulator on the tank? If so, they usually sit between 60 and 70PSI when full. When the guage drops below 50 you will run out very quickly.

 

[SpecialTang]

Set the bubbles at 60 and the drops at 120 per minute.
Guage is reading just below 60psi
Funny thing after two weeks of a high reading .10+ it is back down to normal levels this morning. I guess I just needed to clean it out. The tank still feels empty.

Where in Spokane can I get this refilled, I would like to keep my bottle.
Thank you

 

[returnofsid]

Where in Spokane can I get this refilled, I would like to keep my bottle.
Thank you

If you take it to A-L Compressed Gases, Inc. at E 4230 Trent, they'll refill your own bottle. However, you may have to leave them your bottle, while you wait until they're running a batch of C02 bottles, which could take up to a week. They may give you some grief, about it, but insist that you need to keep your own bottle.

 

[cptbjorn]

You can always just drop by and have a look at the full ones they have too, there might be a new-looking one ready to go for trade-in. Lots of people buy kegerator/reactor/airbrush/whatever setups and go trade in their brand new bottle and you can get lucky and nab those when they get refilled, it won't necessarily be someones grody welding tank.

 

[SpecialTang]

Thank you everyone

I called the welding shop and they said they will only fill on Tuesday. Best to drop it off Monday evening and puick up Tuesday by 5pm.