Nitrox shortage????

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scuba5150

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I picked up my tanks yesterday filled with 32% nitrox. I was informed that this might the last nitrox fill for a while. There seems to be an oxygen shortage probably related to COVID-19. The fill station's oxygen supplier told them not to expect any oxygen deliveries for a while.
Any other areas running into this??
 
Multiple reports on here of this.
 
i am certainly no expert on gas blending but the O2 shortage only affects those shops that do pertial blending using pure O2. others may use the membrane method which would not be affected. that said, i would assume most shops do partial blending. pls correct me if i am wrong.
 
i am certainly no expert on gas blending but the O2 shortage only affects those shops that do pertial blending using pure O2. others may use the membrane method which would not be affected. that said, i would assume most shops do partial blending. pls correct me if i am wrong.

You completely missed continuous nitrox blending. I would say that continuous blending and pp blending make up the majority of shops and only a small percent have membranes due to initial cost and long term maintenance costs. But you're correct, a shop that fills via membrane wouldn't have an issue
 
Force-E ran out last weekend but all 3 stores got O2 late last week. Currently they have Nitrox banked in all 3 stores. Can’t speak for future supply.
 
No mention of it from the two shops in the Chicago area I’ve gotten nitrox fills from the past couple of weeks.
 
Things are fine here in New England too.

It might have to do that here in "south florida" we've had a lot of COVID-19 hospitializations and ICU admissions this summer (more than last summer) so there's a high medical demand for oxygen. It's better that the O2 goes to medical uses rather than recreational.
 

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