CO2 20# tank to 5# tank

Kegging
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Hello,

I have been researching the paintball CO2 filling station system to fill my 5# tank from my 20# tank. I would like to do this:

  1. without killing myself
  2. in a safe manner
  3. with the correct equipment.
  4. to save money
  5. convenience of a smaller vessel.

Am I forced to cobble together different adapters to make this happen? Does anyone make a pre-made affordable system off the shelf?

Has anyone had success doing this? if you got sites / pictures of your filler please post. And your upside down 20# tank procedure / harness would be nice too.

Thanks!

2

Personally I would not screw with this unless you had the kind of tank that draws the liquid from the bottom. I had the same idea when I started kegging and realized what a PIA it was going to be, and dangerous.

3

Can you do this without a compressor? How do you bleed the gas out of the receiving cylinder while it’s filling?

4

Yes if you turn the tank upside down you can fill according to whats posted around the web…basically you have to get a paintball co2 fill station and find parts to adapt to your other bottles. I might just say screw it and drill a hole in the side of the frige seems to be a trade off…

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So it cost $3-4 more to fill a 20# verse a 5#. Just use the 5# in the fridge. You are not going to be filling it that often. 2, maybe 3 times a year?

If that is breaking your budge, you have other issues.

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[quote=“tbilderback”]Hello,

I have been researching the paintball CO2 filling station system to fill my 5# tank from my 20# tank. I would like to do this:

  1. without killing myself
  2. in a safe manner
  3. with the correct equipment.
  4. to save money
  5. convenience of a smaller vessel.

Am I forced to cobble together different adapters to make this happen? Does anyone make a pre-made affordable system off the shelf?

Has anyone had success doing this? if you got sites / pictures of your filler please post. And your upside down 20# tank procedure / harness would be nice too.

Thanks![/quote}

why not just pay the 15 buck to swap it?

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Probably becausse he can get four 5# fills from one 20# tank?

8

so use the 20# for the majority, use your 5# for portable stuff. Rarely have to fill

9

so use the 20# for the majority, use your 5# for portable stuff. Rarely have to fill[/quote]That’s what I do. 5# in the keezer where they carb and clear. 5# in the fermenting room for transfers, ets. 20# next to the kegerator. It lasts about 2 years between fills.

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so use the 20# for the majority, use your 5# for portable stuff. Rarely have to fill[/quote]That’s what I do. 5# in the keezer where they carb and clear. 5# in the fermenting room for transfers, ets. 20# next to the kegerator. It lasts about 2 years between fills.[/quote]

About the same here, use my 5 for small stuff and the 20 is on the kegerator, my 5 just went out after 2 years. my 20 has been going for almost 3 now

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so use the 20# for the majority, use your 5# for portable stuff. Rarely have to fill[/quote]That’s what I do. 5# in the keezer where they carb and clear. 5# in the fermenting room for transfers, ets. 20# next to the kegerator. It lasts about 2 years between fills.[/quote]

I’m going on over 3 years on mine.