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Keith True · 03-20-2018, 08:37 PM

I've had some problems with leaky tank valves lately.I could smell a little gas when the tanks were on,so I thought I had a regulator going bad.Sprayed tire soap on it and found the valve was weeping around the stem when open.It happened on two fresh tanks.Gas has gotten expensive.Acetylene-$148.Oxy_$68.70-30 argon mix-$111. When I got my first set of torches oxy was $8.and acetylene was $12.I also was making $1.60 an hour.

03-20-2018, 08:37 PM	#18
Keith True Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Epping N.H. Posts: 2,979	Re: Acetylene regulator I've had some problems with leaky tank valves lately.I could smell a little gas when the tanks were on,so I thought I had a regulator going bad.Sprayed tire soap on it and found the valve was weeping around the stem when open.It happened on two fresh tanks.Gas has gotten expensive.Acetylene-$148.Oxy_$68.70-30 argon mix-$111. When I got my first set of torches oxy was $8.and acetylene was $12.I also was making $1.60 an hour.