Flashback arrestor: yes or no?

[Patch]

To use with a minor and an oxygen concentrator? I am going shopping on Monday and want to be sure... for me no flasback arrestor means 7 or 8 more pounds of glass so I want to be sure I have to invest in this.

[MikeAurelius]

With a surface mix torch, like the Minor is, a flash back arrestor is not necessary. It is highly unlikely that a flash back could ever occur, but that's not to say it couldn't happen.

My guess would be that the odds are like a million to one.

A flash back is much more likely with a pre-mix torch, like the National series and the Carlisle inner fires.

[Patch]

Thanks a lot MIke!

[meister1981]

You can buy the arrestors later when you have money for that purpose! I'd say Mike has explained the situation pretty well and that it is pretty safe to torch without the arrestors until you have more money for some. They are a good safety product to have anyways just in case!

[FiredDesires]

It's hard to find them not packaged as a pair, but you wouldn't need the one for oxy when using the concentrator anyway. Plus what Mike said...they're more of a need on pre-mix torches anyway.

[nlinaz]

Good to know! Thanks!
Nancy