How many here have purchased their own N2 tanks to refill their tires? From whom did you purchase your tank? How much can I expect to pay for something I can simply use at home? My indicator light came on yesterday and I don't want to have to rely on going to the dealership or specialty shops to simply top off my tires. ...is anyone using C02 instead of Nitrogen?

 

I have not heard of anyone keeping their own Nitrogen supply at home.
Nitrogen is supposed to be more stable and the pressures don't vary as much as air.

 

I just use a heavy duty dessicant pack inline from my air compressor (normally used for automotive paint guns). Dry air is stable enough and a lot simpler to deal with than N2 tanks...

 

I use readily available helium tanks to fill my tires. Makes them lighter and my car much quicker!

 

The only problem I see is safety...if there's a leak at all and a spark, especially with Helium or Nitrogen...boom...like the Zeppelin!

 

You're either joking, or you failed chemistry.

 

LOL +1, nitrogen is extremely safe.

 

Not with Nitrogen. The air we breathe is apporx 78% nitrogen already.

 

+2 LOL

 

Uh, and helium is even less volatile than nitrogen. Helium is stable on the surface of the sun. Hydrogen was in the Zeppelin, and does go boom.

 

That why Helium is a NOBLE gas...

Last column of the periodic table...

 

You would think a guy with "air" in his user name would know a little more about it.

 

When I used to overhaul and set up regulators for the company I worked for, I would use Nitrogen to pressure test them because it was so clean and safe to use.

 

LOL )
INERT gas anyone (as in "couch potato" gas)

 

for work i often use nitrogen tanks and compressed air. alot of the times people ask whats in the tanks and ill say nitrogen, then they think the buildings going to explode. i used to try and give a quick lesson on it, but now i just let them complain and complain until someone else calls them an idiot