Baroness Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Hubby kindly bought me a regulator to set up CO2 for my 180 litre tank. I ordered the Aquatek Paintball regulator from ebay. It came with CO2 tubing and a bubble counter/ valve/ diffuser He just needs to change the plug for NZ and then we are off to get a paintball cylinder tomorrow. Pen is there so you can get an idea of the size. I have to decide what size tank to get. There are 12,16 and 20 oz refillable paintball cylinders. Apparently the 12 oz ones are under the governments regulated size and don't have any regulations regarding filling etc, but the larger ones are subject to the regulations and require a stamped date and retesting every 5 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 You may want to check what voltage the solenoid runs on as the USA use a different voltage than here in NZ. Also I'm pretty sure you will need some sort of adapter to connect it to a NZ bottle as I think we use different thread sizes too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroness Posted October 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Voltage is fine it runs on 230v as well. Paintball tanks are the same size here as in the US as far as I am aware. I know there is different sizes. I will be taking it to try on a paintball tank tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexyay Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 You may want to check what voltage the solenoid runs on as the USA use a different voltage than here in NZ. Also I'm pretty sure you will need some sort of adapter to connect it to a NZ bottle as I think we use different thread sizes too? I know Sodastream does (learned that lesson $30 later) but unsure of paintballs but I *think* paintball bottles need adapters anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroness Posted October 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 The Aquatek mini regulator is made to run directly from a paintball tank with no adapter. I went in to the sports shop today and tried a paintball tank on it and it fit. Hubby knows the guy at the gas filling place here in Wanganui. The gas place guy also play paintball. He said the paintball guys are selling their CO2 tanks and moving to compressed air for their markers/guns so there may be some 2nd hand CO2 tanks available. The gas place guy also said if a CO2 tank is under 1.5 litres then it doesn't require certification. It was my understanding that the regulation was for tanks over 500ml, but I'm sure the gas place guy would know more than me. lol. A 12oz tank or soda stream tank is about 500ml (I think - thanks google) but if I can get a bigger tank all the better. I'm hoping to get a 20oz tank, but there may be bigger paintball tanks available. I did take a gamble importing it without checking if it fit NZ paintball tanks, but all the info I could find online seemed to suggest NZ and US paintball tanks are the same thread size...which it appears they are as the NZ paintball tank fit the US regulator. Just waiting for a reply from gas place guy on any 2nd hand tanks, hopefully this weekend. Then to replace plug to a NZ version. Also waiting on a diffuser in the post....and a drop checker. Hopefully will be up and running soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dropped Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Can i ask what this reg set you back? also how long did it take to get here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroness Posted December 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 I think it was around $140 including shipping from ebay. I think it took about 3 weeks to get here. It's working really well, had about 5 weeks and still going on first 20oz paintball cylinder. No need for any adapters, just attach paintball tank and co2 tubing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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