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Wed Jan 17, 2007 8:44 am

How long will one of those small handheld oxygen tanks work when used with a diffusion stone for aeration?
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Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:27 am

Like Chris White says, "it depends."

The bottles says 12min of continuous feed. I guess that's at wide open. I usually only open the valve enough to see bubbles, so I'm probably getting longer than 12 min.

How many batches? Well, enough that I don't remember how long ago I bought my current bottle. At least 10?
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Wed Jan 17, 2007 10:20 am

I get about 10 per bottle. I always have a backup around in case it fails on me in the middle of using it.

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Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:21 pm

Also, remember to remove your regulator between uses... they leak and you'll be out of o2 next time if you dont!
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Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:49 pm

Thanks Lars... I wasn't aware. O2 is disconnected!

Thanks all!
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Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:56 pm

Is this sterile gas that you guys are using or are you pushing it through a sanitary filter into the fermenter? Just curious.

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Thu Jan 18, 2007 1:11 am

Homegrown Hops wrote:Is this sterile gas that you guys are using or are you pushing it through a sanitary filter into the fermenter? Just curious.

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O2 out of the tank is sterile. Even the little welding tanks.

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Thu Jan 18, 2007 10:08 am

The aeration setup I got from B3 came with little welding tank adapter, tube, filter, diffusion stone. Is the filter useless since the O2 is sterile?
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