Oxygen-clean stage bottle?

[rjack321]

8. Question: Are Luxfer scuba cylinders ready for oxygen service when they leave the Luxfer factory?

Answer: New Luxfer scuba cylinders manufactured from January 1, 2000, until December 31, 2004, were cleaned for oxygen service at the factory and sealed with an oxygen-compatible cap before being shipped. However, starting on January 1, 2005, Luxfer began providing oxygen-clean scuba cylinders only by special order. Unless specifically ordered "oxygen clean," new Luxfer scuba cylinders will be cleaned for gas mixtures containing only up to 23.5% oxygen. (Of course, it will still be possible to have these cylinders cleaned for use with higher concentrations of oxygen by following the DOT-specified procedures cited above.)

Just found this on their website. I wonder the extra cost of getting one o2 cleaned from lux. Did you notice a higher price? I have to pay 30 for o2 cleaning if i recall correctly.

Thanks
Jimmy

Just get it cleaned. Its not rocket science or expensive and $30 is cheap. One decent trimix fill is way more than that. If you wanna play you gotta pay.

 

[Superlyte27]

My new Luxfer AL40 arrived O2 clean from the factory and I used it as such, no issues or o-rings. You will have to "clean" the hose if not indicated so by the supplier. I would not fill O2 tanks with air even if ultra-clean, a deco bottle is a deco bottle. Use the equipment for the intended application, not multiple applications. You will make a mistake somewhere. Also mark the bottle according to the intended use and add you initials.

My 2 cents.

In regard to the cylinders.... Luxfer cylinders and valves come from the Factory O2 cleaned and ready for Oxygen service. Same goes for the valves. I just ordered AL40's on Friday, documentation, as always, was in the box. If you need documentation of this, PM me and I will get you the documentation that Luxfer sent me.

I am a Luxfer dealer.


Edit* Just read the entire thread. FWIW I sell AL40's with Valve for $140. That's guaranteed O2 cleaned (I'll put a copy of the documention in from Luxfer) You have to pay the shipping.

 

[mk706]

FWIW I sell AL40's with Valve for $140. That's guaranteed O2 cleaned (I'll put a copy of the documention in from Luxfer) You have to pay the shipping.

Looking to pick up a Luxfer Al40 early this season. Where in FL are you located? $140 seems about <$50 that the quotes I've been able to get from brick and mortar stores. Guessing shipping is ~$30.

 

[Superlyte27]

I never could figure out the > and < symbols. Is that less than $50 or greater than $50? Haha. Shipping isn't that much. It's less than $20 to ship a bottle. I'm in central FL, but in cave country every weekend.

 

[Blackwood]

I never could figure out the > and < symbols. Is that less than $50 or greater than $50? Haha. Shipping isn't that much. It's less than $20 to ship a bottle. I'm in central FL, but in cave country every weekend.

The alligator eats the bigger number.

I guess he's saying $140 is about $50 less than his other quotes.

 

[Superlyte27]

Haha, that's right, i remember that from like 4th grade now.

 

[mk706]

The alligator eats the bigger number.

I guess he's saying $140 is about $50 less than his other quotes.

Yes, best quote I've gotten so far is $189, new, with stickers for O2 clean & VIP.

 

[Superlyte27]

Well, let me know. I'll order you one if you want to meet me in N. Florida. Or I can ship you one. If ten people get on bored, I can drop the price a little. I get free shipping if I buy 10

 

[LiteHedded]

if the price starts creeping down count me in as one of the ten people

 

[JahJahwarrior]

So...we've got two people each claiming to know for sure completely opposite facts, and one of them is trying to hawk his wares, and he can't figure out what < or > =... I don't know if this thread is > other threads about stage bottles, but it sure is amusing in its own subtle way.


[edit] I guess not completely opposite facts, just one claims cylinders have to be special ordered to come o2 clean and another claims all of them come that way. Superlyte, can you find any documentation on the tank itself specifying that it is o2 clean? When you order tanks from your supplier, do you have to specify that the tanks be o2 clean? Why are you unwilling to post this information here and only through pm's?