Oxygen refill Melbourne/Moorabbin

[alex79]

Hi

Just wondering if somebody has experience with portable oxygen systems (like skyox) and where to refill the cylinders around Melbourne / Moorabbin?

I tried google but couldn't find anything. Are they the same as 'medical' cylinders or do all these have different connectors ?


Any system recommendations?

Thanks!

[evilducky]

Not sure about using non aviation cylinders, but have used Mountain High systems before. The bottles are much lighter than your typical O2 bottle, and pressure rated to high altitudes. The regulator they sell meters he O2 based on your altitude.

Downside of your own bottle is big gas companies (mainly Supagas and BOC) won't touch them, and fair enough, they want to know what condition the bottles are in and control the maintenance. Can't imagine exploding O2 bottles are much fun. Best place I've found to get them filled is scuba repair centres which normally have Dry Breathing Oxygen available. This is different to medical grade, but I'm not sure if the cylinder impacts that. There's one in Moorabbin, Levanswell Rd.

As for connectors I'm not sure, but the place i get O2 at initially had trouble with the MH bottle I had. Took about 15 min to get a connector that worked.

Hope that helps.

[Jabawocky]

Alex, get set up yourself, but do it carefully knowing the correct procedure.

This is a long but informative article by my good friend John deakin back in 1999.

All the answers to all the myths and OWT's contained within; Pelican's Perch #13:<br>Getting High on Welder's Oxygen - AVweb Features Article (http://www.avweb.com/news/pelican/182079-1.html)

:ok:

[MakeItHappenCaptain]

There is a system developed that uses a molecular filter to extract oxygen from the air requiring nothing but connection to the aircraft's electrical system. Never need to refill a bottle again. I've used it and it should support up to six people to FL180.

PM me if you're interested.

Otherwise, call Flight Safety (John Walsh) at MMB.:ok:

[Squawk7700]

They certainly are getting cheap these days.

1.1" OLED Screen SPO2 / Heart Rate Monitor Fingertip Pulse Oximeter Blue + Black + White (2 x AAA) (http://www.dx.com/p/1-1-oled-screen-spo2-heart-rate-monitor-fingertip-pulse-oximeter-blue-black-white-2-x-aaa-187708)

http://img.dxcdn.com/productimages/sku_187708_1.jpg