Oxygen Tank Regulator Instructions

Remove plastic dust cap and plastic washer from cylinder post.

Oxygen tank regulator instructions. Remove plastic dust cap and plastic washer from cylinder post. 3 attaching your oxygen regulator to the cylinder step 1. Oxygen tank cylinder flow regulator knob t handle how to use oxygen cylinders 1 be sure the flow regulator knob is set at zero see illustration 2. Position the regulator over the top valve of the tank and line up the pins to fit into the holes in your regulator.

Loosen the t handle on the regulator. Always use oxygen in strict accordance with the prescription given by your physician. 2 make sure the t handle is tight. The regulator will look like a cylindrical component with a gauge on it that reads the oxygen pressure.

Align the pins in the regulator to the holes in the cylinder post. A portable oxygen cylinder contains medical grade oxygen 99 or better which is compressed into a cylinder to 2 000 p s i. Lower the oxygen regulator over or connect it to the post of the cylinder. Lower the oxygen regulator over or connect it to the post of the cylinder.

Regulator instructions p a g e 3 using your oxygen regulator attaching your oxygen regulator to the cylinder step 1. Inside of the regulator there are two pins that will line up with the top nozzle on your tank. There are special composite cylinders that can hold as much as 3 000 p s i. Oxygen is not flammable by itself however all materials which burn will burn much more rapidly and become much more combustible in the presence of.

To a much more workable 50 p s i. Loosen the t handle on the regulator.