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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:03:29 -0400
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From: Larry.Freyer**At_Symbol_Here**SEALEDAIR.COM
Subject: Re: Gas Regulator Question
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In our last training class, conducted by Airgas National Welders, the
trainer pointed out that you should not stand in front of the regulator
when opening a gas cylinder. This was the first time that I had seen it
listed as a specific issue but it makes a lot of sense,
Larry
Ben Ruekberg
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Long ago, when I was taking welding lessons, the instructor
taught us to avert our faces from the regulator gauges when opening a gas
tank because of a possible defect in the regulator that would pressurize
the gauge and explode the glass.
Since that time, I have read several books on laboratory
practices and do not recall any of them alluding to the practice of
averting one’s face when opening a gas cylinder. Should they?
With all the accumulated experience in this group, has anyone heard of this
practice or hazard?
(Note: My old instructor might have been confusing a defective
regulator hazard with the one resulting from using a contaminated regulator
with an oxygen cylinder.)
Thank you very much,
Ben
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