am i really gonna have to spend 135 bones for a 540 regulator that will do 25lpm or am i not looking in the right place?
finally ordered my optimask and now i just need a good regulator,ive gotten links from you guys in the past but im afraid i didnt save them,sorry

I've had good luck on craigs list and E-bay, last year my wife grabbed me a 25 LPM off E-Bay, fits my E-Tanks, for $20.

Joe

Another vote for Ebay here.  I bought my CGA-540 welding regulator for $42 shipped.  I love not having an upper flow rate limit.  It goes as low or as high as I need it to.

-Dennis-

Got one "off the rack" at our local welding supply place for $75. Works like a dream for Lucas. Not gonna lie- I'm kinda in love with it.

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Very light, much nicer than my old LSP regulators.

thanks guys,,yeah the e-tank ones seem pretty cheap but i need one for my m-tank and they are pretty expensive on ebay,,but if im understanding you guys right i can use one of the welding regulators i came across,is that right? if so is there any other adapting to make it work? im a plumber by trade so its not a problem to make it work just wasnt sure it was possible,,thanks again for the responses,,got my email today my optimask is on its way,thanks mr and mrs deej

TarHeel-blues wrote on Jan 5^th, 2011 at 9:29pm:

thanks guys,,yeah the e-tank ones seem pretty cheap but i need one for my m-tank and they are pretty expensive on ebay

Oh, sorry, I haven't noticed the 540 requirement. Still, these guys have a CGA540 0-25LPM regulator as well, for $59:
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If you want to use your non-rebreather mask with it, you can just put a barbed adapter on the DISS.

From what I understand the welding regulators should be fine as well.

We did need to get the adaptor for Lucas's regulator for the connection the mask went on. The adaptor was for the hose to the mask- nothing to do with the tank- but the regulator I bought had an outflow connection that was a screw on type and our mask has the push on, smaller tubing. Same store, same rack they had the adaptors for that. As I recall it was about $4 an was just an inch and a half barbed brass fitting. Easy Peezy

Nicely laid out marc!

Joe

Great post Marc

Can this info be added to the oxygen link page info?

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In other words with this adapter, you can just buy a CGA-540 regulator and use small medical tanks, large medical tanks and welding O2 tanks.

Or alternately you can buy an adapter to go the other way......used med style regs on CGA-540 tanks as well.

Racer1_NC wrote on Jan 6^th, 2011 at 2:33pm:

Or alternately you can buy an adapter to go the other way......used med style regs on CGA-540 tanks as well.

Anyone know where you can buy these adapters online for less than $60-$70? It would seem they should be cheap, but I couldn't find anything. For this much you can just buy another regulator.

with the welding style regulators is there a way to know what the lpm are your taking? or is it just measured another way?

no no,,no need for that,,guess my real question was will i know how high to set it or will it be possible to have it to low and not realize it until ive not aborted the hit

or do you just blast it way up and go for it?

Your gauge is how fast the bag is filling and how fast you're able to keep up with it.

Ok, I'm having some technical difficulties, that of course has nothing to do with the fact I'm computer illiterate...but...there's some good info in this section from months back posted by Marc called "My favorite O2 regulator" that was very helpful to me.  Hope it can help you as well.

Thanks Marc!  Going to bookmark that.   :)

Lynae'

update:: picked up a sweet welding o2 regulator today,,even came with the barbed fitting to slide the hose on,,brand new for 34.95,,if you have a harbor freight tool store in your area check them out,,they ship online to
much thanks to you guys for the help,,i appreciate it

now i just gotta figure out how to score some welding o2 without buying a tank for 300 bones :(

thats what im gonna try marc i just hope i qualify,,she said on the phone there is a application to fill out or something,,my credit is in the toilet so ill just have to keep my fingers crossed,,
found some tanks on craigslist for 75 each but i think there is an inspection process before they will just fill any tank so that may be risky if the tank doesnt pass,,
gonna try tomorrow if they are open if not monday,,still got my almost full m-tank so im stoked to be finally geared up,, so to speak

I did a $200 one time LEASE from Welders supply.  If the tank needs anything it's on their dime.

             Potter

Marc wrote on Jan 21^st, 2011 at 9:03pm:

Good catch. I bought two of those for $40. awhile back. They work great, so $35.00 is GREAT! Remember that they will fit large medical tanks (like the M tank) and all welding tanks. Makes them dual purpose. START PRINTPAGEMultimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or END PRINTPAGE Again, good catch! START PRINTPAGEMultimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or END PRINTPAGESTART PRINTPAGEMultimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or END PRINTPAGE

Stopped in my local Habor Freight store and stumbled into a deal on these regs. They had 3 in stock.....one had been opened and the barb fitting was missing. I wanted to buy all three.....the head cashier found the proper fitting and cut the price of that reg to 25 bucks....or so I thought. Intentionally or not the end result was all 3 for 75 bucks plus tax. I gladly thanked her, paid and walked out. Every once in a while you knock a home run when you least expect it.  8-)

^ wow now thats a sweet deal,,,these things are nice for the money even at regular price,,why oh why didnt i go to harbor freight sooner