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On Jan 30, 4:37 pm, "ian field"
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An application that requires compressed gas - a CO2 fire extinguisher is
known to be a suitable source.

Does anyone know how I can obtain a couple of fire extinguishers that have
been taken out of service (but are more or less full)?

Obviously scrap prices would be preferable.

TIA.

You *might* be able to get some from an extinguisher servicing
company, but for liability reasons they might not let old ones out the
door.

Maybe you could watch auctions for when a building/business closes?

Would soda cylinders work as well?


Dave

Its for blowing tubeless tyres onto their rims - using a fire extinguisher
the right way up pumps liquid CO2 into the tyre, resulting in alarming
creaking and pinging noises, using the fire extinguisher upside down only
lets evaporated gas into the tyre and works perfectly.

I have a tubeless repair kit with "mushroom patches" and insertion tool,
these come complete with a soda siphon style CO2 bottle - the instructions
state clearly this is not adequate to reseat dislodged tyre beads.