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(Of course, at your own risk)
Last month my 6 years old Azoo (adjustable pressure model) regulator got frozen up, literally.
It was covered with frost. The gas blew through the regulator safety valve.
Working pressure was beyond the max value on the gauge. It was strange that no gas was
delivered into the aquarium. I thought that was because the opening got clogged with the frost
as said in: http://www.harrisproductsgroup.com/en/Expert-Advice/Articles/CO2-Freeze-Up.aspx
So I disconnected it and replaced it with a yeast system, thinking this might be the time
to buy a new one. But before all, I wanted to find out what was broken.
From what I saw on Google. Each regulator might have different looking parts but most
were easy to take apart.
And so was my Azoo...
The working pressure gauge was screwed up badly that the needle couldn't reach zero anymore.
Upon opening it up, I immediately noticed some rubber-like debris in the regulator body
(you don't see it in the photo because I have cleaned it out). Some of it still stuck out of
the little hole in a bolt where a poppet valve resided.
Last month my 6 years old Azoo (adjustable pressure model) regulator got frozen up, literally.
It was covered with frost. The gas blew through the regulator safety valve.
Working pressure was beyond the max value on the gauge. It was strange that no gas was
delivered into the aquarium. I thought that was because the opening got clogged with the frost
as said in: http://www.harrisproductsgroup.com/en/Expert-Advice/Articles/CO2-Freeze-Up.aspx
So I disconnected it and replaced it with a yeast system, thinking this might be the time
to buy a new one. But before all, I wanted to find out what was broken.
From what I saw on Google. Each regulator might have different looking parts but most
were easy to take apart.
And so was my Azoo...
The working pressure gauge was screwed up badly that the needle couldn't reach zero anymore.
Upon opening it up, I immediately noticed some rubber-like debris in the regulator body
(you don't see it in the photo because I have cleaned it out). Some of it still stuck out of
the little hole in a bolt where a poppet valve resided.