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Jan 29, 2015 22:48:37 GMT
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Today, I went to use the Oxy acetylene at work, It had just been used by somebody else, bottles were left on, as usual, as they are constantly in use, Turned the gas on at the torch, and a cloud of acetylene soot blew out of the torch, Bit of an OH Bumberlero moment, I'm thinking the torch has a chamber fire, although the torch was warm from use, it was not hot, Quickly shut off the bottles. (they do have arrestors) and purged the lines, acetylene first as I was told to do when I first used gas. Not sure what else to do or safe procedure about this, ??
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Jan 29, 2015 22:54:07 GMT
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You should have turned it off , taken it all of , cut the hoses up and thrown them in the bin . Cant remeber what you should do with arrestors , perhaps them to . I had this happen years ago and the whole lot went in the bin to be on the safe side . Its really not worth the shadow of doubt or risk to safety is it ?
Thats what you should do as your responsability to your and your collegues health and safety by law .
No doubt someone will now be along to say its alright , don't be a poof etc .
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Hi, the danger is as you say you can get a chamber fire and it can burn back into the bottle, the flash arrestor is there to stop that. skylinedave is right it is best to discard the hoses as they will be charred inside. If you are worried about the possibility about a bottle fire just feel the top of the bottle for heat if so report it. I'm trying to remember all this from my Hazchem course when I worked for BOC. It should,as said, be alright. If there is no work in the morning, it wasn't.   But really work should tell you all this and what to do in an emergency. Colin |
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Do you have flashback arrestors on the torch end of the bagging as well as at the bottles?
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But really work should tell you all this and what to do in an emergency. 