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Title: CO2 canister refills in Ottawa South?
Post by: rmicroys on August 23, 2007, 10:52:01 AM
Anybody have experience getting their tanks filled in Ottawa South?  I've got a couple 20oz CO2 paintball type tanks that I need refilled now that I've used my first tank up.
Title: Re: CO2 canister refills in Ottawa South?
Post by: babblefish1960 on August 23, 2007, 11:02:32 AM
Any place that repairs and sells fire extinguishers can help you, this is probably also true of any of the paintball stores too.
Title: Re: CO2 canister refills in Ottawa South?
Post by: charlie on August 23, 2007, 11:11:39 AM
Quote from: rmicroys on August 23, 2007, 10:52:01 AM
Anybody have experience getting their tanks filled in Ottawa South?  I've got a couple 20oz CO2 paintball type tanks that I need refilled now that I've used my first tank up.
There is a paintball store on St Laurent ( Belfast), but i don`t think those cylinders will go too far on a 125 gln tank, if that is the tank you plan on using it on.
Regards
Title: Re: CO2 canister refills in Ottawa South?
Post by: rmicroys on August 23, 2007, 11:35:00 AM
It lasted a good couple months.  I do have a ph controller on it, so it's not like it just bubbles away madly.  I'm tempted to just rent a HUGE canister from Praxair or whomever, and buy myself my own co2 refilling station.  It doesn't look that expensive if it costs me 10-20$ a refill say...
Title: Re: CO2 canister refills in Ottawa South?
Post by: ray on August 23, 2007, 11:42:02 AM
Hi I believe it's Davis Fire Extinguishers on Percy centre town.About $20 for 10lbs tank

Ray
Title: Re: CO2 canister refills in Ottawa South?
Post by: rmicroys on August 23, 2007, 01:07:08 PM
No worries.  I'll probably just head out to the paintball place in the east end near Mtl road and the 417.
Title: Re: CO2 canister refills in Ottawa South?
Post by: rmicroys on August 23, 2007, 08:45:56 PM
$5 for a 20oz bottle at PSI at Belfast and St. Laurent.  The refilling gear looked really simple.  May even look at getting my own one day. 

<edit>  Checked my notes, the system was installed at the very beginning of June, so one 20oz tank should last 3 months.  At 5$ a fill at the paint ball place, it's no biggie.  I have two bottles, so I have one to swap whenever it empties fully.  What a difference that makes for the plants.  It is quite astonishing.