Bottle storage?

[5150DSM]

What is the proper way to store a nitrous bottle when not in use? For example, you use 1/2 a bottle at the track; when you get home, do you pull the bottle and keep it in a cool place, or do is it safe to just leave it in the car? I understand that it's not flammable but it is a pressurized bottle, seems like leaving it in the car all the time would be unsafe. Just wondering on the compromises between safety and practicality with nitrous.
Aloha

 

[Kevin Jewer]

I left mine in the car for the last 3 months. Now it's sitting in my kitchen since the season is pretty much over. Doesn't asnwer your question, but I'm not terribly worried about the bottle. These things are pretty tough/reliable. The only liability seems to be the over pressure disc. I've heard stories of them randomly letting go. I had a slow leak at one, but I tried to reuse it like a dumbass, before I read that they are single use only. Other than that, I can't see any safety concerns with these bottles.

 

[fourreGsixty3]

My buddy pulls his out of his Supra after everyday at the track, and just puts it on the side of his couch. I wouldn't leave it in the car 24/7 just because it could get you a little loopy if there is a slow leak on night, and fills your car.

Dustin

 

[5150DSM]

Much Mahalo's, I appreciate the info.

 

[awdtalontsi1992]

I would recommend removing the bottle from the car if your not going to use it for three reasons.
1. Unless you have a outside vent tube if the bottle heats up and releases some excess gas into the car you won't just feel alittle loopy.....you will die. There is Cyanide in automotive nitrous so people don't inhail it specifically for that reason.
2. If the bottle does heat up and went some gas inside or outside the cockpit you just lost some exspensive gas. Keeping it in a cool and dark place will keep the bottle pressure down so you don't loose much.
3. A nitrous bottle is like a ticking timebomb in your car. If you get in a serious accident it posses a big safety threat.

In the end I would suggest you remove the bottle from the car when you aren't planning on using it. If it must be in the car keep the bottle valve closed until you are really to use it.

 

[jspec]

I would recommend removing the bottle from the car if your not going to use it for three reasons.
1. Unless you have a outside vent tube if the bottle heats up and releases some excess gas into the car you won't just feel alittle loopy.....you will die. There is Cyanide in automotive nitrous so people don't inhail it specifically for that reason.
2. If the bottle does heat up and went some gas inside or outside the cockpit you just lost some exspensive gas. Keeping it in a cool and dark place will keep the bottle pressure down so you don't loose much.
3. A nitrous bottle is like a ticking timebomb in your car. If you get in a serious accident it posses a big safety threat.

In the end I would suggest you remove the bottle from the car when you aren't planning on using it. If it must be in the car keep the bottle valve closed until you are really to use it.

Sorry I had to comment on this!! There is no cyanide in nitrous. Cyanide is a dangerous poison. It is call nitrox it has sulfur dioxide mixed into the gas so it smells and tastes bad.

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I kept my bottle in my garage over the winter with no ill effects. I also left it in my car from spring to fall. I kept it full and used it every once in a while. The burst disc is usally around 3000 psi. It will fail before the bottle does. You would have to heat the bottle for a long time with an electrical heater to get it to blow. well that's my 2 cents.

 

[Kevin Jewer]

I was going to make the same comments. The disc is 3000 psi, the bottle is at ~1200 at 100 degrees. It would take a shitload of heat to get it up to 3000 psi. Every case I've heard of where the bottle vented was due to a failed disc, and that happens pretty infrequently. The biggest risk to having this go off in your car is that nitrous is an asphyxiant. But everyone running the bottle in the passenger compartment should be running a blow down tube.