Where do you get your O2 bottle fillled?

[DrBill]

I just got an O2 bottle and am pllanning on using my welding bottle to refil once I find out how often I have to do it.  So, I'm getting the initial fill somewhere local.

Bill

 

[kris_adams]

If you are in the Atlanta area, you can get it filled at KLZU for $15.

[fantom]

Dive shop.

[David Mazer]

I've been flying to DAB from SFB to get my built in O2 filled.  It is $90 at SFB and $40 at DAB and from the sound of it both are too high.

[danb35]

Sounds like it'd be worth it for you to buy a large O2 tank or two and a transfill rig.  If you're flying high regularly, I expect they'd pay for themselves quickly.

[David Mazer]

I thought so too but I don't fly high enough and often enough now to justify the equipment and tank rental.  Anyone got a transfill kit for sale cheap?

[David Mazer]

Duplicate post.

[danb35]

There's no need to rent a tank, you can buy it outright instead.  More expensive up front, of course, but the only recurring charges are when you actually get it filled (or swap it for a full one).

[N601RX]

I've owned my large bottle for as long as I can remember.  My Dad purchased it many years ago for his AC/Refrigeration business.  When it needs refilling I just exchange it at the local welding supply company.  I think it was around $18 to exchange it.  The transfer hose I have is teflon with stainless braid.  I've probably had it for 15 years or more.

If you are going to fill cylinders, take the time to ask some questions and find out how to do it, people have been killed.  Oxygen and gease do not mix, you will get a explosion.  Keep the transfer hose clean and store it in a sealed bag. Also open the valve only slightly on the big tank and let the oxygen go in the small tank slowly. The small tank will get hot as it is being filled. The safer thing to do is drop the small bottle in a garbage can full of water.  This will keep it cool and help contain any explosion if anything goes wrong. Also if you are filling your own small bottles remember that they need to a hydro test done on them when due.

[rainman]

I get my tank filled at T82 in Fredricksberg Texas at Fritz Aviation.  My system has a large tank in the tail plumbed to each seat, so I can't easily remove it to take to a medical supply place. He just brings the supply tank to my plane and plugs into the refill outlet. Easy, fast, and really reasonable considering how much better my brain works when not hypoxic! Plus you can get it done while you're at the Mooney gathering this fall? Side note, and I've said this before, get a small portable pulse oximeter and see how your blood oxygenation is above 10-12K, if it's less than 90% add O2.  Sorry for the distraction, but I just had to teach this lesson to a CFI last week who felt he didn't need supplemental oxygen because we were at 10K. Ray

[Piloto]

I have mine refiiled at a local SCUBA dive shop that has NITROX capability for $15. NITROX is a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen at various ratios for different diving conditions. The shop have separate oxygen and nitrogen tanks. So your oxygen tank is filled from the shop oxygen tank only. No need to have a Scuba certificate but they may ask for your pilot license. 

José

 

[TonyPynes]

If you are in the Atlanta area, you can get it filled at KLZU for $15.

Excellent! I will be there tomorrow and just happen to have a tank needing refilling.

[DrBill]

I now fill mine at home. Bought the transfil adapter from Aircraft Spruce and use the O2 bottle from my Oxy-Acetelyne outfit.  I figure it's about $5-$10 a fill given the amount it dropped with the first fill. My portable bottle is 24cuft. and my welding bottle is 120 I think.

 

BILL

[TonyPynes]

Drill, I just ordered the adapter I need and will be putting together a setup to refill my own soon.

[Alan Fox]

I just take it to a medical gas supplier , 11.00 i think...... Hell I bought both bottles , regulator , cannulas , and bag for 100 brand new on EBAY a few tears ago.......It doesnt say airox in it but it works fine.....

[carusoam]

Alan,

What size tank do you use? Would you recommend a different size?

I'm thinking of using the same source for, the price you paid....

Bestr regards,

-a-

[Alan Fox]

Alan,

What size tank do you use? Would you recommend a different size?

I'm thinking of using the same source for, the price you paid....

Bestr regards,

-a-

I think they are 20s , They are good for two people for a three hour flight , low teens......Most of the time I use it I dont need it legally , but it reduces fatigue bigtime......And no headache from say an hour or two at 10000 feet.....