Need to fill my Co2 Cylinder
 

Can any tell me where to get a Co2 Cylinder filled in Calgary?

Thanks,

Jim

Sprouse Fire & Safety in Inglewood is good. I forget how much the fill is, fairly nominal and if you need a hydrostatic test it's an extra $15.

What is the hydrostatic test for?

Dave

Proof that it doesn't leak under pressure .... they need to be recertified every 5 years. Kind of like how you have to trade in your propane tanks every ten, except that in this case you're allowed to keep your tank, just get it retested.

Praxair

Walter

I had nothing but problems with praxair. I took my cylinder in there and the laughed and said it would be something like 5 to 6 months before I could get it filled.

Yea as if that's not their way of saying they don't want to bother. If you rent a cylinder from them they will gladly exchange it for a full one :rolleyes:

I don't know if I went to a different praxair, but they said they were sorry they couldn't fill it that day, and I had to come back the next day for it. :confused:

Weird, I never had a problem, but then again, I leased one from them...

Walter

I used Sprouse and they filled it while I waited ( 10 minutes )

Cheers

My guess is they (Praxair) might treat you better if you rent/lease their tanks from them?

They weren't exceptionally helpful when I tried calling them to buy a cylinder.

One of the places of Praxair, BOC or Air Liquide/Liquid Air actually tried telling me that I'd never find a CO2 cylinder to purchase because it "is illegal in Canada to own them." Ummmm ... ok. :rolleyes:

I use Sprouse, they're helpful and they're usually quicker than their estimates.

Really Tony?
I got mine from Air Liquide and I think I own mine. Every few years I exchange it for a full one for around $40.

Mitch

This would have been about .... 1 - 1/2 years ago ... maybe they've changed now, but I got a real runaround back then when I called all of the big CO2 places trying to buy a cylinder. Renting/leasing would have been easy enough but owning the cylinder seemed to be a real foreign concept for some reason. Maybe things are different again today, ... I don't know. There was one place that would sell me one, but it was an odd size, like 7lbs or something. Anything from 2-7 lbs (or whatever it was) would have been OK but anything 10lbs and up they wanted me to lease it.

I should mention I only use Sprouse for the testing and fills. They don't sell the cylinders either but they'll at least work on them if you show up with one. I ended up buying my cylinders but it's all aquarist-to-aquarist dealings.