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Richard Chapski <Chapski@RI*.SC*.Sy*.CO*> talks about
hydrocarbon-free air from a compressor - When my dive shop installed
their compressor, they were recomended to use a particular brand of oil
in the compressor and RB used this, believing that the manufacturer
knew best - the oil that he uses is a totally synthetic oil - no
hydrocarbons. It does cost X times more than "normal" stuff, be he is
glad now that he used it!
Even though it is synthetics oil I'm not sure that equals hydrocarbon
free. Maybe someone else could shed some incite on this.
When your filling O2 into a tank the auto-ignition temp. drops
dramatically. In an extreme example if you compressed pure O2 to 3000
psi the momentary gas temp (Adiabatic heat) is in excess of 1600F
degrees. The best silicon lubricant on the market has an auto-ignition
temp. of 800F degrees. synthetic oil is even lower. I'd find out what
the spec. on the synthetic oil is.
If your shop is filling slow and at low O2 pressure chances are there
would be no problem most of the time.
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