New refilliable gas bottle "commissioning" - I need to test it with compressed air?!

[beacon]

I just bought a refillable bottle from GAS IT. Their documentation says I have to commission it by filling it with compressed air, and then purging it with gas vapour.

I thought I could just buy it and use it!

Do I need to pay a gas technician to do this? I'm nervous that this is a super important thing that I shouldn't attempt myself.

On the other hand, it seems odd to me that they'd be allowed to sell these without testing them themselves... Plus I was hoping to use it in 2 days time!

Any advice welcome!

 

[Jim]

Hi Beacon, you post was held in moderation for some inexplicable reason, it's just gone live, so people can see it now. Hopefully you'll get some answers.

 

[Landy Andy]

All I can say is I fitted mine, then filled it with gas, tested for leaks, then used it.

 

[DuxDeluxe]

All I can say is I fitted mine, then filled it with gas, tested for leaks, then used it.

Same here

 

[Badknee]

All I can say is I fitted mine, then filled it with gas, tested for leaks, then used it.

#metoo. Gas tested mine with soapy water with a spray bottle.

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[pappajohn]

Reading the instructions it appears to be for testing YOUR installation for leaks at compression joints etc... Not to test the bottle itself.
You could use gas as a first test but safer to use compressed air.
Your biggest problem will be sourcing a compressor capable of 110psi or higher.

 

[Minxy]

No you don't have to do that, just fit it, fill it, check for leaks with soapy water or gas aerosol stuff specially for it (can't remember what it's called!) and away you go.

 

[bobandjanie]

N.C.C commissioning requirement, if it was me just fill 2 or 3 litres of lpg check for leaks, if all is well carry on.
That's what we did in 2009 when we got our gas it bottles, then when they was 10 years old, we went to the factory in Germany and had it checked and recommissioned for another 10 years.
I put a thread on here about it. Bob.

 

[beacon]

Thanks all. This is all reassuring and sensible - I will check the whole thing for leaks (using gas, because I don't have compressed air) before next setting off.

 

[Gellyneck]

I put a thread on here about it. Bob.

Refillable gas bottle good for another 10 years. 😎

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[autorouter]

Your biggest problem will be sourcing a compressor capable of 110psi or higher.

It may be a high pressure but if you're testing the pipework it's a small volume. You could make an adapter to connect a tyre pump to the gas input, and pressurise it with a bike pump. Racing bike tyres are often 110psi.

This test will tell you if a joint hasn't been tightened properly, or if a nut has split (it happened to my installation).