Oxygen regulator problem

[MillWeld]

I wheeled out my oxy-acetylene cart and opened the oxygen tank valve and the relief valve immediately opened. Did it repeatedly. Is wiser to repair/replace the relief valve or just buy a new one? It is a Victor Equip Co. unit.

 

[jaxs]

You should take it to a gas supplier and have it rebuilt. BTW,where did you see "regulator relief valves" for sale? I didn't know there was such thing.

 

[CobyRupert]

Just curious, but what does a relief valve downstream of the shutoff valve do (i.e. what does it provide "relief" to)?

 

[MillWeld]

I saw "regulator relief valve parts" on a search but never a supplier.????

The relief valve relieves excess oxygen pressure as a safety precaution. Mine is obviously defective - failed abruptly.

 

[Redlands Okie]

The supply shop should beg able to get you a ball park figure to repair them. It’s usually well worth the effort.

 

[WranglerX]

Have a local welding supply tech look at it or send it in for refurbish....

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[Lelandwelds]

I wheeled out my oxy-acetylene cart and opened the oxygen tank valve and the relief valve immediately opened. Did it repeatedly. Is wiser to repair/replace the relief valve or just buy a new one? It is a Victor Equip Co. unit.

You might have a piece of trash stuck in your high pressure inlet valve. ( it's the center part inside your regulator that the diaphragm and spring pushes against.) The pressure climbs until it vents. Eventually, your diaphragm will rip. I guess you have real victor and not the economy line?

Does your nipples have the porous brass filter on the id? I crack the cylinder valve to blow dust away before mounting my regulator. The little viton seals eventually wear. It may just be time to rebuild.

 

[BHD]

most of the ones I have looked at replacement is usually faster and easier, and the cost is not that much more, for many regulators,

 

[Lelandwelds]

If he has a reseating pressure relief, he bought the premium stuff like SR450D. Expensive and worth rebuilding.

 

[MillWeld]

Mine is a Victor SR250C. I saw a Utube video of someone installing a repair kit on the exact model so I purchased the kit. Hope it is worth the effort.

 

[Redlands Okie]

Thanks for the update, let us know how it went

 

[yomax4]

Doubt that the diaphragm has failed. I'd say the needle and seat is stuck. Simple to pull the bonnet off of the reg and have a look. Not much in there. Rebuild will be about $90. You can buy a descent reg for 1/2 that and it will still last 15 years or more.

 

[Lelandwelds]

Mine is a Victor SR250C. I saw a Utube video of someone installing a repair kit on the exact model so I purchased the kit. Hope it is worth the effort.

Good regulator. Its rubber diaphragm fails about every seven years or so. Rebuilds are about $45. Parts less labor are half that.

Make certain no oil of any form touches your oxygen reg. (Latent heat of compression + high pressure pure oxygen = a powerful, one time example of "dieseling") Always stand out of the path of your pressure adjusting screw.