Co2 Tanks - Where to get them in Belfast

[sub82]

Not sure if NIFEX does it anymore. Speak to Eamonn at Gas Tech & Gear.

[phildo79]

Service with a smile. Class!

[phildo79]

Not sure if NIFEX does it anymore. Speak to Eamonn at Gas Tech & Gear.

Cheers mate. I'll drop him an email.

[Lawrence22]

Not sure if NIFEX does it anymore. Speak to Eamonn at Gas Tech & Gear.

They have the same address as NIFEX. Are they not the same?

[Roo]

I think they are rival family members but I'm not sure. I get mine from Eamon....on the left as you go in.

[phildo79]

Thanks for all the help and advice guys. Much appreciated. Met Eamonn earlier today and he sorted me out with a 6kg tank that fits perfectly in the fridge. Seems like a decent bloke. He talked me through the hooking up process and offered me some extra bit of kit, should I have needed it.

[Roo]

Did he ask you for a beer the next time you refill?

[phildo79]

Did he ask you for a beer the next time you refill?

He certainly did! I wonder how long it'll take me to get through 6kg of Co2 though. He might be waiting a while on that beer.

[Will_D]

He certainly did! I wonder how long it'll take me to get through 6kg of Co2 though. He might be waiting a while on that beer.

About a week if you don't check for leaks and just leave the bottle on when you are not pulling pints.

Do a leak test:

Bottle on. Check the pressure gauges: [Contents and dispense pressure]

Turn off the bottle and monitor the pressures. If you loose pressure in less than an hour then you have a leak.

24hrs then you have a tinny leak

A few days then you are prolly ok to leave the bottle on. BUT only if you are pulling pints daily

[phildo79]

Cheers for the tip there, Will.

I didn't tighten the regulator enough first time out and I think the thread around the valve has frozen. I couldn't close the valve or open it any more. And when I say open, all I got was less than half a turn. The PSI gauge is at zero and the other gauge says 45. This happened late last Thursday and I didn't get a chance to look at it again until last night. Both gauges still say exactly the same thing. I will try to close the valve completely when I get home tonight but it might be a case of bringing it back to Eamonn so he can have a look at it.

Maybe it has a faulty on/off valve or maybe I've bodged it by not fully tightening the regulator first time out. But once I tightened the regulator, I was able to seat the corny keg lid at 30 PSI and vent the oxygen a few times.

[DaveG]

NIFEX showing as permanently closed on Google - not sure what the story is there as I filled up a few months back.  How much do Gas & Gear charge for a fill?

[phildo79]

NIFEX showing as permanently closed on Google - not sure what the story is there as I filled up a few months back.  How much do Gas & Gear charge for a fill?

Depends on your size of tank. A 6.35kg tank is £20 for a refill.

[Bazza]

Was planning a trip up that direction for a fill soon, so my question is, if I roll up into that same yard with an empty tank will someone fill it with CO2 for me? It's almost an hour's round trip for me, and time is money

Who was the grizzled middle-aged guy who filled the tanks? Is that Eamonn? For some reason I thought he was called Charlie. Either way, he's a character.

-Barry

[DaveG]

He was great craic.  Always going to his caravan in Omeath to get lit.

[Bazza]

He was great craic.  Always going to his caravan in Omeath to get lit.

You want to be up there on a Saturday morning before 12pm closing. He's still on his Friday night out

-Barry