On/Off & Guages

[Semi_G]

Do you attach the On/Off valve where the air attaches so you can turn the supply off or is this for something else ?

Can you get guages to see how much air you have left in your supply (assuming they attach between the gun and supply).

Thanks in advance

[Tom]

Hi,

First we need to know if you really mean air or if you mean CO2. CO2 bottles for paintball have a valve, which is either a pin valve (screwing it in turns opens the valve) or an on/off valve (turing the valve on the bottle turns the gas on/off). So if you have a CO2 bottle, there will be a valve in it already (hopefully). If you want on/off for air, then tell us what air system and bottle type you are using.

Pressure gauges - you can get them - however they're not much use for CO2, unless you are regulating it boefore running it into your gun (most/all high end guns do this - few/none fot eh low end ones do). You can put (and most/all airsystems come fitted with) a pressure gauge to say how much pressure is in the tank (0 - 3000 or 0 - 4500 psi). However, you canb't do that with CO2 tanks, as the CO2 is a liquid, with 800psi gas on top. As gas is drawn out of the tank, the liquid CO2 vapourises to maintain the pressure. Thus a CO2 tank would show 800psi from full until vitually empty. You can weigh a CO2 bottle to see how full it is though.

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[Semi_G]

Thats been a great help, i have ordered a bottle of Co2 and an on off valve

Cheers

[Devolve]

where can i get pin valve.....my local site uses them and the seem a lot better then the n off....is it supposed to be so loose???

[Stodp]

The on/off valve is the superior of the pin valve in terms of how they work.

[Tom]

The on/off valve will be loose - however when you turn on the gas the pressure will lock the bottle and make is as difficult to turn as the pin valve is. Phil is right - the on/off bottle is superior as you can degas your marker without taking your CO2 bottle off, which in turn can save wear on bottle o-rings.