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   =?UTF-8?B?8J+YjiBNaWdodHkgV2FubmFiZ to John Robertson   
   Re: What percentage of flat tires can be   
   02 May 23 05:27:09   
   
   XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: @.   
      
   On 4/30/2023 1:21 PM, John Robertson wrote:   
   > On 2023/04/30 10:53 am, ������ Mighty Wannabe ✅ wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >> CFC has been replaced by another environmentally friendly   
   >> refrigerant. I am sure there are other nonflammable propellant out   
   >> there. Helium may be a good candidate. I can buy a small tank of   
   >> helium from party-stores to inflate balloons.   
   >   
   > Speaking of environmentally friendly gases, I refill my sodastream   
   > containers and twenty pound carbon dioxide welding tanks with dry ice.   
   >   
   > They make and I bought a gadget that refills the sodastream containers   
   > from   
   > the welding tanks (it's just a high pressure hose, valves, and a gauge).   
   >   
   > I wonder if they make a gadget like that for filling up tires once?   
   > It wouldn't have to be carbon dioxide. It could be any non-flammable gas.   
   >   
      
      
   You may try N2O in your Sodastream, and get a good laugh while drinking   
   your soda. If you drink your N2O soda, smoke some legal marijuana and   
   watch The Three Stooges all at the same time you will surely be giggling   
   and laughing your head off for a few hours.   
      
      
   > The pressure of carbon dioxide varies according to temperature, but even   
   > nominally at around 850 psi, it would need to be regulated down to   
   > twentieth of that for a tire, but I wonder if they make a gadget for   
   > that?   
      
      
   Most emergency electric tire pumps can go over 120 psi. You are supposed   
   to be able to tell when to stop and check by looking at how fat the tire   
   has become.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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