Graeme Tolton
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Testing the air going into the compressor wont tell you if your compressor is creating co.
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Steel or aluminum cylinder? Filled with air or nitrox?
Except that is for breathing "air" at 1 atm. The OP was at 25 ft so ~2 atm where the affects are much greater.
Absolutely correct. I wasn't trying to be scientific, but rather to give an "every day" reference point of how bad that reading was.
Definitely feeding my urge to buy one too.
The petrol powered compressor that filled this cylinder is mounted permanently into a van (truck). Its not a new compressor & the exhaust & intake locations are for want of a better word - compromised.
However, I (knowing the people involved) suspect that this compressor is run for too long & gets far too hot.