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Homemade fishing oxygen systems for livewells and bait tanks are often made with commercial high pressure oxygen regulators and aluminum click-style aluminum regulators, air tubing and other components that have not been cleaned or Certified for Pure Oxygen Service @ 50 PSI-2200 PSI. Homemade oxygen systems are often made with components that are neither safe nor compatible for use with pure oxygen or oxygen-enriched service.
DIY oxygen system components are often NOT Cleaned and Certified for 100% pure oxygen service operating at 50 psi – 2200 psi, oxygen fire safety when used on boats, live electricity hazards, use around electrical motors, safe and unsafe oxygen equipment securing locations on boats.
Most fishermen that build use DIY homemade O2 systems have no idea how to extinguish an oxygen-enriched” or “oxygen-rich” fire on a boat or on land.
DIY oxygen systems have no written safety instructions and absed on 3-4 party fishing forum hear-say that is often very dangerous.
An oxygen-enriched fire (>24% to 100% oxygen concentration) is very different than ambient air (19-21% oxygen concentration) at sea level barometric pressure (14.7 PSI).
DIY O2 systems are built and used irresponsibly by children and adults having very little or no knowledge about oxygen fire hazards, fire safety, pure oxygen and oxygen equipment near live electricity, oxygen enrichment or oxygen-rich environments, high pressure pure oxygen gas and oxygen equipment fire safety.
THIS DIY HOMEMADE OXYGEN SYSTEM BUILT AND PROMOTED BY CHILDREN IS DANGEROUS. CLEARLY THERE IS NO RESPONSIBLE PARENT SUPERVISING or CONCERNED WITH SAFETY.
VISIT: “Fishing Oxygen System Safety” – https://oxyedge-chum.com/oxygen-safety/
VISIT: “Fishing Oxygen Systems Rules of the Oxygen Road” – https://oxyedge-chum.com/oxygen-safety/rules-of-the-road
MANY FISHERMEN THINK AND BELIEVE THAT OXYGEN IS AIR, THAT AIR IS OXYGEN, THAT BOTH GASES ARE THE SAME GAS! THE WORDS “PLENTY AIR MEANS PLENTY OXYGEN.”
MANY FISHERMEN DISCOUNT OXYGEN FIRE SAFETY WITH OXYGEN RICH AND OXYGEN- ENRICHED ATMOSPHERES
OXYGEN REGULATOR PROBLEMS
GOOGLE “SACRIFICIAL METAL” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacrificial_metal
GOOGLE “DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ELECTROLYSIS AND GALVANIC CORROSION” https://www.boataccessoriesaustralia.com.au/blog/our-blog/difference-between-electrolysis-and-galvanic-corro/
These are commercial, adjustable fish oxygen regulators:
Southern Aquaculture Supply, Inc. http://southernaquaculturesupply.com/store/regulators.shtml
This homemade fishing oxygen system entrains pure oxygen into a Rule, Inc. electric water pump through a venturi device on the inlet side of this Rule water pump to make “millions of micro-fine pure oxygen bubbles.” *IMPORTANT – See Rule, Inc. opinion https://oxyedge-chum.com/oxygen-electricity-bait-pumps/
Air tubing and aquarium tubing is not Cleaned or Certified for pure oxygen service because contains residual petroleum post manufacturing. Oil, petroleum, pure 100% oxygen @ 50 PSI service pressure is a potential fire hazard. Air tubing is cheap/inexpensive and often run through wiring chases’ adjacent to live electrical wires. SERIOUS FIRE HAZARD
Oxygen equipment is often stored in a boat compartment with batteries, live electricity and oil products; electric water pumps, in boat bilges or live electricity inside any oxygen-enriched livewells gas spaces. Lubricating oxygen equipment with oil and WD-40 to prevent corrosion is also a common. FIRE HAZARD
FACT: Many fishermen and salesmen consider high pressure oxygen cylinders strapped on a thin plastic ice chest lid with a couple screws and straps as Safe and Secured. SAFETY HAZARD and FIRE HAZARD
DIY oxygen systems have no written operation or fire safety instructions, at best maybe he said, she said opinion instructions.
Most DIY fishermen are neither concerned or aware of “Rules of the Oxygen Road,” general safety requirements when using pure oxygen, securing high pressure oxygen cylinders, oxygen-enriched gas spaces (24% O2 concentration or greater), transporting oxygen and using oxygen equipment on boats, highways or storing oxygen at home.
Many fishing oxygen systems are assembled with combinations of aluminum click-style oxygen regulators and other inexpensive commercial “off the shelf” components that are often unsafe to use with pure oxygen service. Oxygen gas and high-pressure oxygen equipment is safely used by personnel trained and knowledgeable of oxygen gas safety and oxygen equipment safety.
Doctors, nurses, RN, LPN, Nurse aides, Respiratory Therapist and RT technicians, dentist, auto mechanics, auto body shops, welders, plumbers, SCUBA divers, air pilots, mountain climbers, football and basketball players breathing oxygen on the sidelines, DVM, vet techs, firemen, EMT’s…. THEY ALL KNOW and PRACTICE OXYGEN SAFETY RULES EVERY DAY WHEN THEY USE PURE COMPRESSED OXYGEN.
Remember that Oxygen is not air, fishing oxygen systems are not livewell aeration systems or livewell water pumps. They are real oxygen life-support systems.
LIVEWELL PUMPS, AIR STONES, BUBBLERS & AIR TUBING
CAUTION: ALL OXYGEN EQUIPMENT MUST BE CHEMICALLY CLEANED for PURE OXYGEN SERVICE
FACT: Entraining pure oxygen into livewell pumps and bilge pumps through a venturi device – FIRE HAZARD.
FACT: Oxygen equipment not CLEANED and “CERTIFIED OIL FREE” for pure oxygen service is A SERIOUS FIRE SAFETY HAZARD
FACT: Air tubing purchased at hardware stores and aquarium, aquarium shops and big box stores is not Cleaned or Certified for use with pure oxygen service @ 50 PSI (3.4 ATM) – FIRE HAZARD.
AIR STONES: Many air stones and bubblers are not Cleaned or Certified for Pure Oxygen Service – FIRE HAZARD.
Air stones and air tubing are inexpensive, make air bubbles in livewell water. Plastic air tubing is easy to obtain at any big box stores. Air components are often used with DIY oxygen systems because they are cheap, inexpensive and may be purchased at any hardware store, bait shop, tackle store or aquarium stores. Oxygen system components that are not chemically cleaned for pure oxygen service should never be used with pure oxygen, especially @ 50 PSI service pressures – FIRE HAZARD.
Air is not oxygen-enriched, contains <21% oxygen and does not present any special fire hazard like pure 100% oxygen. Most Livewell oxygen systems can easily enrich livewell environments to 24% oxygen concentration and greater, generate and deliver pure oxygen. Learn, know and always practice “Rules of the Oxygen Road.” – FIRE SAFETY.
ADJUSTABLE HIGH-PRESSURE CLICK STYLE OXYGEN REGULATORS
Most of these oxygen regulators are manufactured in China with minimal quality control, internal zinc components and numerous metal alloys.
Galvanic Corrosion, metal damage, regulator failure, inability to regulate precise doses of oxygen are a few problems. These regulators are constructed with many different combinations of metal alloys. These alloys fused together promote and enhance Galvanic Corrosion when use in Marine Environments and livewell chemicals containing electrolytes (salt). Galvanic Corrosion causes metal deterioration and regulator failure.
ANTICIPATE GALVANIC CORROSION PROBLEMS
Metal failure can develop quickly post salt exposure.
DAMAGED REGULATOR
COMMERCIAL OXYGEN REGULATORS
Commercial fishing oxygen regulators have solid brass bodies and internal components, minimizing the negative effects of Galvanic Corrosion, insuring maximizing dependability. Some are adjustable others fixed flow pressure valves. Fishermen cannot adjust the dose of oxygen with fixed flow pressure valves. These devices support a very narrow stocking density range. They often deliver too much oxygen (waste oxygen) or not enough oxygen for the stocking density of fish.
Oxygen Edge™ precision dose adjustable regulators are the only commercial click-style oxygen regulators specifically made and sold for use in salty Marine Environments.
We stock “Generic” aluminum adjustable high-pressure, click-style O2 regulators. These regulators are MADE in CHINA.