Can oxy be stored outside and piped in?

[Jude Rose]

I had a friend ask me and I was stumped. I never have done it and assumed it couldn't be done. We're in icy Wisconsin. Or can it? Tanked oxy, that is. I know that generators are cold sensitive.

Thanks!

[luke gardner]

You bet! It went down to -15 last winter here in western PA, and we had no problem with our liquid o2 that was outside,

[Jude Rose]

Boy, that's really interesting. I just had a funny visual of the neighbors' reactions if they saw a big ol' tank out side the house on Normalville Street. Too funny. They should probably disguise it.:-D

[Juln]

It's probably even a little colder here than Wisconsin, and the oxygen isn't a problem. Propane can be though! Once it gets around -25 or so the propane freezes or something.
I keep my liquid tank in the garage and run hoses into my house through the wooden panel that the ventilation duct goes through. Piping is great, but I don't see any problem with hoses running through pipes. Probably some experts could point out the deficiencies of that setup. Tanked oxy is just the same.

Mid December through mid February, we get some weeks where it is -30 to -20 at night, warming up to -5 or so in the day. Some days it will be like -10 at 1 in the afternoon. Then, when a warm spell comes back and it is zero, you can feel the warmth! Zoip!

[Dale M.]

A jewelry and glass bead artist near me has both her tanks outside in Rubbermaid Garden storage closet!.... Regulators are on tanks so every thing piped into studio is at the lower "working" pressure.

NOTE: It is very dangerous to attempt to pipe in oxygen at high (2,000 psi) tank pressure because of the requirements/quality of the metal piping used at that pressures. Only attempt to pipe in low pressure oxygen - Keep regulator at tank ! If you want it adjustable inside studio use a regulator on tank set at 25-30 psi or something low, and then use second adjustable regulator inside studio to tweak pressure down to where you want it.

Dale M.

[Jude Rose]

Thanks Luke, thanks Juln
Thanks so much Dale.
((((((((((((((((((Big hug)))))))))))))))))))))