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DJ YaBB Administrator Offline Boyz Rule! Posts: 7480456 Wichita, KS Gender:	O2 Regulator Question?? Mar 8^th, 2009 at 8:55pm I have a question for those of you that currently use oxygen as an abortive therapy. I'm curious as to what the operating range is on your O2 flow regulators. 5-15 LPM? 15-30 LPM? 30 LPM or more? Whatcha got? Thanks in advance for the info! DJ
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Brew CH.com Sponsor CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 14163	Re: O2 Regulator Question?? Reply #1 - Mar 8^th, 2009 at 9:02pm 0.5 - 15.
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ClusterChuck CH.com Alumnus Offline The BEAST rises again, and again, and again, and . Posts: 5394 Greenville, North Carolina Gender:	Re: O2 Regulator Question?? Reply #2 - Mar 8^th, 2009 at 9:29pm 0 to 25, plus DISS fittings
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Re: O2 Regulator Question??
Reply #3 - Mar 8^th, 2009 at 10:32pm

0.5 to 15 lpm for me right now.

Believe it or not, when I asked the respiratory therapist from my new O₂vendor if they would give me a regulator that goes to 25 lpm, he swore that there is no such thing. <sigh>

I'm going to send him some links to web pages where these non-existent gadgets are for sale online. Meanwhile, I guess I'm going to buy one for myself.

Oh, and thanks DJ, for the prompt shipping of my O2ptimask. Wicked good mask!

Dennis

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Skyhawk5 CH.com Alumnus Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 1320 Ypsilanti, Mi. USA Gender:	Re: O2 Regulator Question?? Reply #4 - Mar 9^th, 2009 at 4:49am For my E tank .5-25 LPM, M tank 1-60 LPM with a DISS fitting. I don't have the Demand valve yet. Don
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Bob P CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Shut up Bob! Posts: 4573 Clio,California Gender:	Re: O2 Regulator Question?? Reply #5 - Mar 9^th, 2009 at 6:51am .25 - 25 lpm
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itotka CH.com Old Timer Offline Oxygen Posts: 465 Budapest\|Solar System Gender:	Re: O2 Regulator Question?? Reply #6 - Mar 9^th, 2009 at 8:38am one 1-15 lpm, one 0-60 lpm
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midwestbeth CH.com Sponsor Offline Posts: 1123 Edwardsville, IL Gender:	Re: O2 Regulator Question?? Reply #7 - Mar 9^th, 2009 at 9:53am I use welders 02 and the regulator can go up as high as I need it to. The bar was turned up high by accident once and it blew the hose off. If that hadn't happened, the bag would have popped. Love my 02!
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Ray CH.com Alumnus Offline Ray Posts: 1996 Columbus, Ohio Gender:	Re: O2 Regulator Question?? Reply #8 - Mar 9^th, 2009 at 11:14am Demand Valve regulator, I beleve it goes up to 40 liters per minute but it is not stated anywhere with the paperwork. Ray
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Batch CH.com Alumnus Offline Control The Beast With O2 & D3 You Must Posts: 3708 Bremerton, WA Gender:	Re: O2 Regulator Question?? Reply #9 - Mar 9^th, 2009 at 11:15am 0-60 liters/minute (... 25 LPM, 40 LPM, 60 LPM) Plus DISS and Demand Valve. (I use both Demand Valve and the O2PTIMASK™ at the top flow rate settings depending on study/research requirements.)
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Melissa CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Don't give up! Posts: 7238 Central WI, USA Gender:	Re: O2 Regulator Question?? Reply #10 - Mar 9^th, 2009 at 11:24am Mine goes up to 15lpm.
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Marc Ex Member Gender:	Re: O2 Regulator Question?? Reply #11 - Mar 9^th, 2009 at 2:14pm They are .5 to 25 lpm. I'm about to drill one out to get it higher.
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Poli CH.com Junior Offline Posts: 37 Alicante\|Spain\|Europe Gender:	Re: O2 Regulator Question?? Reply #12 - Mar 9^th, 2009 at 3:26pm 0'5 to 15 lpm is the standard provided here. Saludos Poli
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mc_ashes CH.com Junior Offline Posts: 44 x1\|Vicksburg\|USA\|usa\|347\|246\|MS,Mississippi Gender:	Re: O2 Regulator Question?? Reply #13 - Mar 9^th, 2009 at 3:48pm Mine is 0.5 -25 LPM, but I only use the 15 and 25 LPM settings. Mark
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DennisM1045 CH.com Alumnus Offline One wave at a time! Posts: 3437 Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA Gender:	Re: O2 Regulator Question?? Reply #14 - Mar 9^th, 2009 at 4:27pm 0.5 to 25lpm. Mine jumps from 15-25 which I really dislike. Would love to have a stop in between at 20lpm. I can still empty the bag at 25lpm when the pain is high so I'm thinking about getting a 60lpm regulator for my m-tank. -Dennis-
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barry_sword CH.com Alumnus Offline Mountain Biking Keeps Me Sane Posts: 3947 Bracebridge, Canada Gender:	Re: O2 Regulator Question?? Reply #15 - Mar 9^th, 2009 at 5:23pm 0-15 LPM regulator. Starting to work with my o2 supplier and my Neuro on a 25 LPM reg.
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Guiseppi CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline San Diego to Florida 05-16-2011 Posts: 12063 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA USA Gender:	Re: O2 Regulator Question?? Reply #16 - Mar 9^th, 2009 at 8:23pm Demand valve! Joe
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B.Baer CH.com Veteran Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 154 Northeast Pennsylvania Gender:	Re: O2 Regulator Question?? Reply #17 - Mar 9^th, 2009 at 9:50pm Current 0-15 LPM, going to switch to a 0-25LPM with diss ports and Demand valve. Baer
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Brew CH.com Sponsor CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 14163	Re: O2 Regulator Question?? Reply #18 - Mar 9^th, 2009 at 9:54pm For those of us not in the know, what is a DISS port?
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Mrs Deej YaBB Administrator Offline My life is what I make it, and it's beautiful! Posts: 1348 Tornado Alley Gender:	Re: O2 Regulator Question?? Reply #19 - Mar 9^th, 2009 at 10:06pm Chuck, please correct me if I am wrong, but the DISS is a fitting on the regulator that allows you to have the option of setting up the Demand Value System.
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Re: O2 Regulator Question??
Reply #20 - Mar 9^th, 2009 at 10:14pm

I believe it stands for Diameter Indexing Saftey System. Along with the standard barb (where you usually hook up your 02 hose to the tank) some regulators have one or more of these ports.

Demand valves must be screwed in the regualtor body at this port. With demand valves you have a constant flow every time you breath in, and the flow shuts off as soon as you stop breathing in. Very similar to a scuba divers mouth piece. Look at the Oxygen info on the left and 3/4 from the bottom, a regulator with Diss port is shown.

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Garys_Girl CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Making biscuits Posts: 821 Planet Cat, NJ Gender:	Re: O2 Regulator Question?? Reply #21 - Mar 9^th, 2009 at 11:07pm Gary's got .5-25 LPM for the E tank, and now that we're in the RV he's got the M60 tanks instead of the M tanks, but the new 02 company got him set up with 1-60 LPM with a DISS fitting. No demand valve yet. Using o2ptimask. Laurie
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Re: O2 Regulator Question??
Reply #22 - Mar 9^th, 2009 at 11:11pm

Brew wrote on Mar 9^th, 2009 at 9:54pm:

For those of us not in the know, what is a DISS port?

Mrs Deej wrote on Mar 9^th, 2009 at 10:06pm:

Chuck, please correct me if I am wrong, but the DISS is a fitting on the regulator that allows you to have the option of setting up the Demand Value System.

I bow to the wisdom of the lady ~~with the nice bewbies and ass~~ with the infinite wisdom and smarts ...

Yes, it is a fitting for the demand valve ...

Here is a picture of one:
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It is the fitting that you see just under the gage. Notice that this regulator also has the nipple fitting for the O2PTIMASK^TM (notice the blatant product plug) (available at your friendly CH.com store) (QUICK shipping, reasonable pricing) (Secure, quick, and easy) (available 24/7/365).

The DISS fitting is NOT controlled by the LPM selector. The nipple fitting is, but the DISS is a pressure thing, regardless of what the selector is set at.

Does that answer your question, fully, Bill?

Chuck

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Batch CH.com Alumnus Offline Control The Beast With O2 & D3 You Must Posts: 3708 Bremerton, WA Gender:	Re: O2 Regulator Question?? Reply #23 - Mar 9^th, 2009 at 11:38pm Good on you Chuck! Great description of the DISS check valve fitting and its use with a demand valve... V/R, Batch
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AlienSpaceGuy CH.com Old Timer Offline Greetings from outer space Posts: 254 Northpole Gender:	Re: O2 Regulator Question?? Reply #24 - Mar 9^th, 2009 at 11:39pm My flow rate is continuously adjustable from 0 to I-don't-know-how-high. There is a flow rate gauge (of the ball in conical tube type) that reads 0 to 10 liters/minute, but it's probably slow by a factor of 2. I use a reading between 6 and 8, but the actual flow rate is more like twice the reading.
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