Air laws?

[Azz3h]

What is this all about? This is written by Fat Bob's on Ebay:


'The new standard in HPA bottles. High pressure air bottles used for Paintball must now be CE approved, HSE approval is now no longer good enough.

We are currently the only retailer in the UK and Europe with the new CE approved bottles.'

 

[Tom Allen]

That's rubbish, any NEW bottle will have to be CE, but all existing HSE bottles are safe to use to the end of their 15 year life.

 

[Skeet]

CE is the new standard...i think all new bottles neeed to be tested to this spec rather than HSE..im not sure if it is illegal to sell HSE bottles in a shop if they still have them..however, HSE bottles are still fine to use, and re-test, up to the end of their lives 15 years

 

[Azz3h]

Is this the same for CO2 bottles and air bottles being filled with co2. By the way it is ok to fill air tanks with CO2 right?

 

[Tom Allen]

Technically i would say no, but as the pressure from co2 rarely rises above 1200psi, and the available air bottles are rated to at least 3000psi, then it shouldn't matter. But there are laws relating to bottle standards, eg. threads, bottle colour, sizes. I appreciate that we are using these ourselves, but these laws are there to stop others from using the filled bottles, thinking that it would be air, and not co2.
Can anyone shed anymore light on this.

 

[ally]

Ive seen a few air bottles being used as CO2 and they had no problems, and no one ever said they couldnt use them.


ally

 

[Tom Allen]

i know they work ok, the trick is don't go the other way, air in a co2 bottle. I suppose this is why bottles are meant for certain purposes.

For what we are using them for there's no problem, and as long as we're carefull, no worries.

 

[mr15bps]

so are the new Pi bottles ok to use? i take it they come under and qualify by the new regulations?

 

[Skeet]

THis is a grey area, the Steak Pi ones are fine, but the Chicken and Mushroom ones arent...

 

[Tom Allen]

You can't beat steak + kidney, and you need Pi to work out the circumference of the Pi