Daziak

Hey guys, i have a question. I'm going to a Trip to Jacks Peak New mexico from Arizona and the climate difference is pretty big. i know that the air will expand. and im going to be taking 2 scuba tanks as fillers for my HPA tank.

now my real questions is, can i take them without them exploding? i'm just kinda concerned i don't want some 30k PSI tanks exploding in the bed of my truck haha.


-Daze

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GatSplat

Not a problem. Just secure them so they don't roll around. The tanks will not expand... too tough for that, but the internal pressure will change. (Happens to be Charles Law of Gases... http://scubatoys.com/education/charles.asp)

In a nutshell, if the pressure in a scuba tank will go up 5 lbs of pressure for every 1 degree of temperature change. So if going from 50 degrees to 100 degrees, it would only climb from 3000 to 3250 - and besides, just like paintball tanks, there are burst disks, so the tanks should not "blow up" no matter what you do - as long as they are good, inspected, hydro'd tanks.

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imprez55

It really shouldn't be a problem. CO2 is really affected by the climate and will not explode in the tank. I have used it in my ~72 degree house then immedietly shot it in 0 degree climate. Air is air and will not blow up on you.

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Daziak

thanks for all the info guys

-Daze

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