What are these?

[Davefr]

I picked them up out of a free pile. They obviously inject a compressed gas into something. Pretty similar to those CO2 cartridges used in pellet guns. The injector almost looks like tire valve size but nothing to depress a schrader valve top. All but one are sealed. Made in Japan and wrapped in black vinyl.

 

[cvairwerks]

Bike tire inflator and cartridges. Nozzle is probably for a Presta valve.

 

[KnurledNut]

The sleeve protects your hand when using.
Made in Japan ones are probably Leland.

 

[Al Borland]

Silver ones are laughing gas, the black canisters have knock-out gas. Injector attaches to HVAC systems so you can incapacitate everyone in a building. James Bond must be retiring and cleaning out his house.

 

[Davefr]

Thanks guys!!

 

[KnurledNut]

Silver ones are laughing gas, the black canisters have knock-out gas. Injector attaches to HVAC systems so you can incapacitate everyone in a building. James Bond must be retiring and cleaning out his house.

Ironically, a lot of HVAC/R techs use CO2 gallo guns to clear condensate drains...

 

[larry4406]

My parents used to have a sterling silver syringe like device that used similar CO2 bulbs. It was a wine bottle opener. Insert needle thru cork, hit the trigger, and usually a nice open bottle.

I saw many bottles explode from this device. Not sure why.

Not sure where it went.

 

[JohnKal]

Whippets??

 

[cvairwerks]

My parents used to have a sterling silver syringe like device that used similar CO2 bulbs. It was a wine bottle opener. Insert needle thru cork, hit the trigger, and usually a nice open bottle.

I saw many bottles explode from this device. Not sure why.

Probably didn't handle the shock of 800 psig or so being released into them.

 

[signcrafter]

Ironically, a lot of HVAC/R techs use CO2 gallo guns to clear condensate drains...

I saw this the other day when I was in grainger picking up a few things. Looked interesting. Any advantage to this over using compressed air besides being small and more portable then a compressor?

 

[cvairwerks]

I saw this the other day when I was in grainger picking up a few things. Looked interesting. Any advantage to this over using compressed air besides being small and more portable then a compressor?

You ever try to drag a compressor with you on a bike?

 

[nadogail]

My parents had a metal bottle that used simular looking cartridges that would carbonate water, they could make soda pop from Koolaide.
I last saw it used in the 1940's.

 

[seber]

How many of those would it take to fill a car tire. My Miata has no spare. I keep a tire patch kit and pump instead, but the pump takes a lot of space in a truly minimal car.

 

[nadogail]

They could be used to make Seltzer Water at home.

 

[KnurledNut]

I saw this the other day when I was in grainger picking up a few things. Looked interesting. Any advantage to this over using compressed air besides being small and more portable then a compressor?

800 psi

 

[nadogail]

How many of those would it take to fill a car tire. My Miata has no spare. I keep a tire patch kit and pump instead, but the pump takes a lot of space in a truly minimal car.

An aerosol can of Fix A Flat would take up less room than a hand pump and fill your tire faster.

 

[KnurledNut]

How many of those would it take to fill a car tire. My Miata has no spare. I keep a tire patch kit and pump instead, but the pump takes a lot of space in a truly minimal car.

CO2 is for temporary use to get you off the trail or back on the road. It permeates rubber so your tire will be flat the next day anyways.

 

[seber]

An aerosol can of Fix A Flat would take up less room than a hand pump and fill your tire faster.

That adds sludge to the mix. Not something I want to put up with.

 

[bwringer]

How many of those would it take to fill a car tire. My Miata has no spare. I keep a tire patch kit and pump instead, but the pump takes a lot of space in a truly minimal car.

They're pretty useless for that. These stupid things are commonly sold and carried for motorcycle tires, but it takes five or six CO2 cartridges to get anywhere near rideable pressure on a smallish motorcycle tire. You'd need a hell of a lot of them for even a small car tire.

Whether you have a two or four wheeled vehicle, your best bet is to carry a small electric pump and a sticky string plug kit.

Please, PLEASE do not dump in Fix a Flat; your tire shop will HATE you, it makes a gawdawful sticky mess, and that **** doesn't actually work most of the time anyway.

 

[seber]

They're pretty useless for that. These stupid things are commonly sold and carried for motorcycle tires, but it takes five or six CO2 cartridges to get anywhere near rideable pressure on a smallish motorcycle tire. You'd need a hell of a lot of them for even a small car tire.

Whether you have a two or four wheeled vehicle, your best bet is to carry a small electric pump and a sticky string plug kit.

Please, PLEASE do not dump in Fix a Flat; your tire shop will HATE you, it makes a gawdawful sticky mess, and that **** doesn't actually work most of the time anyway.

The car came with a small pump but it was pretty useless. I replaced it with one that actually works. Agreed on the Fix a Flat.

 

[ecotec]

I have those cartridges for my bike tire inflator. I always use my pump instead, but I keep both in my Camelback.

 

[signcrafter]

You ever try to drag a compressor with you on a bike?

The post I quoted was for a co2 cartridge hvac drain line cleaner, not for the original bike tire. So no, I've never tried to drag a compressor around on a bike.

 

[bwringer]

You ever try to drag a compressor with you on a bike?

Motorbike, yes. Pedal bike, no.

On a pedal bike I carry a hand pump. Lightweight, it doesn't run out of energy until I do, and a hand pump doesn't take too long on small bicycle tires.

There are some small self-contained electric compressors available nowadays with rechargeable onboard lithium batteries. Some folks on touring motorcycles and cars carry these because they save a bit of time and hassle over plugging in a compressor powered by the car. They're also more convenient for checking and setting tire pressure more frequently.

People heading into extremely remote areas on dual-sport motorcycles sometimes carry a bicycle hand pump as a backup. It will take a good long while, but you can get the job done if an electric pump fails. They're very light weight and don't take up much room at all strapped to the frame somewhere.

 

[Griff79]

Bike tire CO2 inflators. I have several
Griff

 

[Bubba Fett]

Be careful with that stuff...

 

[tool_scrounge]

My parents used to have a sterling silver syringe like device that used similar CO2 bulbs. It was a wine bottle opener. Insert needle thru cork, hit the trigger, and usually a nice open bottle.

I saw many bottles explode from this device. Not sure why.

Not sure where it went.

Interesting. The one I have used have the CO2 teed after the push button valve. One half of the tee feeds the needle you put thru the cork. The half of the tee is plumbed to a hole in the center of the push button that you depress with your thumb. Since your thumb cannot hold back the 800psi of the CO2, some of it leaks out past your thumb, reducing the pressure to a more managable level. Kind of like a crude bleed off pressure regulator. But if you had a super strong thump, I could see a problem with higher pressure than needed.

Usually the problem is folks insert the needle too far into cork and into the wine. This often results in amazing pattern of red wine on the ceiling if you blow the cork out a bit too quick.

 

[Indexmill]

Whippets??

My first thought exactly!! I guess its just you John and me that are in the know.

 

[cvairwerks]

My first thought exactly!! I guess its just you John and me that are in the know.

None of the whippets I've seen use threaded cartridges, only the bike ones.

 

[goldtang]

Inflatable Life jacket use the same size there is a small valve that the bottle screws into and the pressure is realised when the wire handle is pulled pushing a small hole into the end of the bottle