Need to find a source for 1/4' Oygen tubing

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I am in the process of making my own nitrox blending system and I need some 1/4 tubing that is O2 compatible. I have search google but with no luck.

Any clues? All assistance will be greatly appreciated as I live in Panama and cannot visit stores in the states.
 
Trident catalog???? I'm pretty sure I saw tubing in there but I don't remember the sizes or whether it's O2 compatible. If you are a shop/dealer you can order directly from them. Otherwise you'll have to find a shop that will order for you.

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Try a medical supply house? I am not aware of any certain requirements for clear tubing that makes it oxygen compatible? 100% oxygen is not corrosive in itself.
 
High pressure, low pressure, stainless, What kind of tubing do you need?

If stainless, any stainless can be made O2 compatible. Clean it with simple green (5:1 dilution) and rinse with scalding hot water. If you need high pressure flexible tubing, use any of the non skive hoses from any number of manufacturers (Eaton, Parker, Swegelok, etc.) with a 100R8 rating. They are teflon lined, but you can't put the ends on yourself unless you get the ferrules from the hose manufacturer. Both of the above options are good to 5,000 PSI minimum.

If you are just looking for some hose to transport the O2 to the blending stick for a CB system, the easiest and cheapest is welding hose from your local welding supply house. They will also sell you the ends to make the hose as long or as short as you want. It comes O2 ready. I use Prestolok fittings and hose from Parker. They are good with any polyethelyne, polypropylene, or nylon low pressure tubing and don't take any special tools to use. If you go this route, get a few spares. They are easy to order, but if one goes bad, you can't repair it. That means you are down until your replacement order comes in.
 
The compressor and booster section will give you even more options. Have you got the Oxyhacker book? If you understand what o2 clean or compatible really means you will be a lot richer for the knowledge. Pictures of my set up are in the other section I mentioned. 90% of the material I used came from Lowes and I 02 cleaned it myself. Much green stuff was saved.
Eric
 
I am in the process of making my own nitrox blending system and I need some 1/4 tubing that is O2 compatible. I have search google but with no luck.

Any clues? All assistance will be greatly appreciated as I live in Panama and cannot visit stores in the states.

If you are just putting O2 in an empty tank and adding air you can buy an adapter that will allow you to use a scuba cross fill whip from the storage bottle to the tank. O2 clean them yourself before use. The adapter is on the left in the attached pic.
 

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Partial pressure mixing, or continues blending with a compressor? It is not completely clear.

As stated above if continues blending the line is just hard plastic hose from the hardware store. Same stuff used for an ice maker in the fridge. Clean it with Blue Gold, or Simple Green and it is ready to go to work for you.

One of the bigger recommendations if continues blending is put a solenoid inline to shut the O2 off when your compressor shuts off. Otherwise if it shuts off and restarts it could go BOOM!
 
For a transfil whip the usual thing to use is teflon tubing in a stainless steel braid. McMaster-Carr has those see: McMaster-Carr But I do not know if they ship to Panama. Of course you can use stainless tubing as well, see: McMaster-Carr In all cases it is in your best interests to be sure the tubing is clean prior to using it with high pressure oxygen. The Oxy Hacker's companion, by Vance Harlow has a lot of useful information, as does the sticky at the top of the compressor forum over at the deco stop.
 

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