OXY-ACY Regulator question - Harris brand Experience needed

[Tre900]

I did a leak test on a Harris torch set I recently accuared. I found a leak between the Oxygen tank and the regulator.

From the tank to the regulator there are 3 parts:

1) The large screw that connects to the oxygen tank
2) There is then a "Spark Arrestor"
3) There is an adaptor that connects the Spark Arrestor to the body of the regulator.

My leak is between part 2 and 3. I went to my local welding shop and they told me part 2 is no longer used.

Now my set up with exclude the Spark Arrestor - Does that sound right? The set is rather old.

 

[91bronc300]

Re: OXY-ACY Regulator question - Harris brand Experiance needed

I'm not that old but I've never seen a spark arrestor on the tank side of a regulator. It just goes: tank, valve, regulator.

 

[monkeyspanners]

I've never seen a flashback arrestor that takes bottle pressure, they are on the outlet side of the regulator afaik and should be available separately

My oxy set up,

 

[Farmall450]

Yeah, think your spark arrestor got flip flopped?

 

[Tre900]

Okay..well then that's reassuring. Thanks for the input. Clearly this was the reason they stopped producing the set with the flashback arrestor/Spark guard between the tank and the regulator.

Do you guys think I should just go ahead and swap out the Acydeline side too?


Don't want to wait for it to leak if that's no longer a good rig set up design.