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2012-01-25, 11:56am
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Join Date: Jan 25, 2012
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HomeFill
I am new to this forum. Does anyone here use homefills to make tanked oxygen? If so how is working out?
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2012-01-25, 2:41pm
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The Harbinger of Cuteness
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Location: Los Osos, San Luis Obispo County, California
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What's "homefill"?
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Originally Posted by boston
I am new to this forum. Does anyone here use homefills to make tanked oxygen? If so how is working out?
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2012-01-25, 2:52pm
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Kobuki & DIY Homefill Sys
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Join Date: Apr 30, 2009
Location: socal
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I don't use a homefill to make tanked oxygen, but I do use a Henway (the newer model).
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2012-01-25, 3:12pm
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Curmudgeon Engineering
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Join Date: Feb 15, 2006
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What's a Henway?
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2012-01-25, 3:14pm
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Curmudgeon Engineering
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Join Date: Feb 15, 2006
Location: Near Seattle, WA
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Had to ask...lolol
Seriously though there are several people here using a homefill tank fill system and a few months ago there was a great discussion on using and setting up such a system. There is also a lot of info on them at the marble forum <thegldg.com>
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2012-01-25, 10:25pm
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Kobuki & DIY Homefill Sys
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Join Date: Apr 30, 2009
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Dang that double post Cheng! At first I thought I caught a fish...
So to answer the Q, basically, the Homefill is a oxygen compressor (by Invacare) that folks with respitory problems use to fill small personal oxygen tanks they can take with them when they are on the run.
Some lampers have converted the Homefill compressor to fill larger welding oxygen tanks (from oxygen made by concentrators) to lower their O2 costs and eliminate the back and forth lugs to/from the welding store.
Do a search for "homefill" at talkglass dot com for detailed exploits (you have to register though). Creative boro, sharing info, and occasional flame wars is what that board is about.
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2012-01-26, 10:43am
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Curmudgeon Engineering
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Join Date: Feb 15, 2006
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Sorry....
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2012-01-26, 6:17pm
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Ancient Primate
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Join Date: Jan 05, 2012
Location: St. Louis
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Around here a K cylinder fill is $40 and a 5 year Cylinder lease is $150
In a world where lampworkers with big torches have to use two or three large Oxycon's in parallel for raging heat... (assuming an M20 costs $500) Or you can spend $800 on a homefill and run a single Oxycon overnight and fill a cylinder you can run full cork for the better part of a day. Everything is a tradeoff...
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2012-01-30, 11:36am
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Join Date: Jan 25, 2012
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Homefills are great for people who use 2-3 tanks per week. I pay 25 for a T tank or a 337. I use about 6 tanks per month, so 150. Now, I spend about 20 dollars on Electric. Saving me about 130 per month. Not to mention I dont have to go to the welding shop and back with my tanks. My delta would take several oxycons to run it. This uses only one perfecto II. Totally of about 500 watts of power when using it.
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