11 minutes ago, Tommikka said:
@RohanAlex123
It is best to fill a cylinder on its own (as you appear to have done as you have asked if you should have had the gun regulator connected)
As per the video linked above……
if the ‘high’ burst disk had blown then that would relate to having had the cylinder over pressurised.
as your ‘low’ burst disk has blown then that means too much pressure was coming out of the regulator
The cylinders regulator should only be letting air out in the hundreds of psi
but unless you had any equipment fitted no air should have been coming out
Assuming you didn’t have a remote line etc connected then I would guess that the regulator failed and out the full pressure that you were filling - this matches your description of the ‘low’ 1800psi burst disk failing at up to 2000psi of fill
Assuming it was a new cylinder then the regulator was faulty - go straight back to the retailer
(don’t just replace the burst disk - there is a reason why it failed)
What was your fill source?
If it was a proper HPA compressor, filtered and maintained then I would still be blaming a faulty regulator
If if was a ‘home’ compressor system, or an unfiltered system then I’d be less sure and would then consider that the system was contaminated, clogged the regulator and caused the regulator to fail. The regulator would need a complete rebuild by a competent person
Another possible source of contamination is a dirty fill nipple. If you don’t have one then I’d recommend getting a nipple cover to keep it safe until filling
If it wasn’t new then burst disks can fail, but still remember the regulator has failed and needs to be investigated
Take a life lesson that high pressure air is to be respected, your burst disk has done its job (consider it as a pressure fuse), and keep skin clear from burst disks when filling just in case
…… if can be scary, but your bottle didn’t blow up
Many many years ago there were a couple of actual bottle explosions which had a combination of factors contributing to them.
A couple of weeks after an actual explosion I was in proximity to the blowing of a ‘high’ burst disk when someone filled a 3000psi on the 4500psi fill station - everyone ran & then slowly walked back to give him grief
How were you filling?
This runs through how to fill, with the exception that of filling from empty it’s advisable to stop / start a couple of times to avoid too much heating
