Filling an emergency oxygen tank

[Helen D]

Hello, just wondering whether anyone has experience with filling emergency oxygen tanks? I have bought a small tank from DAN, but can't find anyone who will fill it. Our dive shop says they can't fill it without special certification that they don't have, and our local medical supplier doesn't recognize our React Right Oxygen provider certificates. Does anyone have any advice? We've had this tank since Christmas, but it's useless without oxygen!

 

[Hickdive]

Try a local airfield that caters for private aviation.

There'll probably be someone there who fills small cylinders with O2 for high altitude flights in unpressurised light aircraft.

 

[Jim Lapenta]

Where are you located? If in the US there is no one answer. Each state has their own rules.

 

[tbone1004]

what Jim said, it's all up in the air in the US, many states will require a prescription for medical O2.... Ask DAN directly, they might have an answer

 

[Helen D]

Where are you located? If in the US there is no one answer. Each state has their own rules.

I'm in Texas

 

[tbone1004]

talk to your doctor, explain the situation, not uncommon to have physicians, especially if its a diving physician, write an rx for life for medical o2. There is technically a waiver though

https://www.diversalertnetwork.org/training/oxygen/oxygenfills.asp

 

[MB]

Go to the closest light industrial park. There will be a gas supplier who fills cylinders for welders. They'll fill O2 tanks and thank you for the business - and the O2 is just fine thank you!

 

[CuracaoJ]

^ yep

 

[fisheater]

I was given an O2 tank that was out of hydro and empty. I took it my local fire extinguisher place that did hydros and got the hydro and a fill, no questions asked.

In California, by the way.

 

[BRT]

My local welding gas supplier asks no questions and exchanges mine for full ones in return for money of course.