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Gas Feed Into Regulator

Post by Addled Jim » Tue Apr 01, 2014 1:07 pm

Does anybody know if the feed from the bottle going in to the left could be changed over to the right and the pressure gauge moved to the left – or does this have to be configured this way?
My issue is I’m trying to make the installation as neat and inconspicuous as possible?
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Re: Gas Feed Into Regulator

Post by jmc » Tue Apr 01, 2014 1:29 pm

Addled Jim wrote:Does anybody know if the feed from the bottle going in to the left could be changed over to the right and the pressure gauge moved to the left – or does this have to be configured this way?
My issue is I’m trying to make the installation as neat and inconspicuous as possible?
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Re: Gas Feed Into Regulator

Post by Addled Jim » Tue Apr 01, 2014 1:34 pm

cheers, stuck at work, copied link and sent in to email here - obviously not correctly!

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Re: Gas Feed Into Regulator

Post by Jim » Tue Apr 01, 2014 2:43 pm

I'm pretty sure that the whole of the centre 'channel' is all on the high pressure [side] of the system, so it would work fine if you swapped them over.

The only uncertainty is which way the HP gauge would face when it was screwed in.
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Re: Gas Feed Into Regulator

Post by Addled Jim » Tue Apr 01, 2014 3:03 pm

You mean it may be facing the wall?

My other alternative is to mount it vertically, then the job would be neater too; obviously the dials would be harder to read?

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Re: Gas Feed Into Regulator

Post by Jim » Tue Apr 01, 2014 3:13 pm

Addled Jim wrote:You mean it may be facing the wall?
Yes. Or even half way between.
Addled Jim wrote: My other alternative is to mount it vertically, then the job would be neater too; obviously the dials would be harder to read?
That's probably a better idea than swapping gauges around. It's easy to end up with annoying slow leaks once you start unscrewing stuff.
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Re: Gas Feed Into Regulator

Post by Addled Jim » Tue Apr 01, 2014 3:49 pm

yes I had concerns all round re unscrewing, its just the neatness issue; would be so much better the other way
Think its best to play safe and vertically mount

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Re: Gas Feed Into Regulator

Post by far9410 » Tue Apr 01, 2014 4:28 pm

It looks similar to my reg set, a 3 way adapter. The gauges will be low pressure, so no need to move em round, the high pressure gauge should be on the bottle?
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Post by far9410 » Tue Apr 01, 2014 4:41 pm

Yeah just had a look on eBay you should have one of these. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CO2-Primary-V ... 258406ff20


And then as many of these as you like. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Beer-gas-regu ... 2ed05ad2a4
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Re: Gas Feed Into Regulator

Post by Addled Jim » Tue Apr 01, 2014 7:24 pm

Yes the high pressure is out of shot, my question was can I have the feed from the bottle coming in on the right then high pressure gauge on right?
Don't think I'm going to bother now just attach to wall vertically

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Re: Gas Feed Into Regulator

Post by far9410 » Tue Apr 01, 2014 9:28 pm

Yes you can, no need to move gauges :)
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Re: Gas Feed Into Regulator

Post by Addled Jim » Tue Apr 01, 2014 10:19 pm

far9410 wrote:Yes you can, no need to move gauges :)
yes I can mount vertically?

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Re: Gas Feed Into Regulator

Post by far9410 » Wed Apr 02, 2014 6:21 am

Yes, you can mount vertically, but I meant you can feed from either side
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Re: Gas Feed Into Regulator

Post by Addled Jim » Wed Apr 02, 2014 8:57 am

but that means swapping high presure gauge to left where gas line from bottle goes in, and gas to the right - above says no need to move gauges?

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Re: Gas Feed Into Regulator

Post by jmc » Wed Apr 02, 2014 12:42 pm

+1 to just turning it.
Keep it simple.

Why risk a PITA leak?

After losing a cylinder of CO2 in 2 days due to one in the past I wouldn't risk it.

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