How to Know when your
Co2 Tank Is EMPTY
Co2 Regulators and
PSI Levels
Is My Tank GOOD
We sell only “beverage grade” co2, which means it has been tested to meet an FDA mandated 99.9% purity level. It is crisp, clean, and bright. It will impart no bad odors or tastes in your beer. It will not cause headaches which can be due to very small amounts of contaminates such as benzene or other hydrocarbons. Industrial co2 from welding shops and other sources is not usually tested to these high purity standards. Most liquor stores that fill co2 tanks do not have the appropriate equipment to do a correct fill. You usually do not get a full measure fill, but get charged for it; and rarely do they carry beverage grade. Great beer deserves high quality co2! We have the equipment to do a co2 fill while you wait. We do not fill co2 tanks larger than 20lbs.
About Hydrotesting
We will not fill a tank that is out of code!
As required by government DOT regulations; all co2 tanks to be filled must have a production date or hydro-test date no older than 5 years. This date is stamped into the metal on the shoulder of the tank, listed by month and year, example: 07-12 (JULY of 2012). When a tank goes “out of code” it must be hydro-tested and re-stamped with a new month and year.
Hydro testing is done in licensed facilities with sophisticated and very expensive equipment which rigorously tests the tanks integrity for holding very high pressure substances. This is done to co2 tanks, oxygen tanks, scuba tanks, Industrial gas tanks, propane tanks, etc. At room temperature a co2 tank holds between 900 and 1000 lbs. of pressure. It is really worth it to have your tank hydro tested. Although it may be cosmetically ugly; a fresh hydro-test date makes it as good as a new one. And like a new tank, it will be good for another 5 years.
If your tank is out of date we have a couple options for you. Depending on the tank.
- $10 credit Towards a new tank
- We can take it down and have it tested for you for around $32 for the test.
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(623) 486-8016
4925 W Bell Rd Suite D3 - Glendale, AZ 85308
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