Building an Alanle style dual stage CO2 regulator

[SilverBulletPRN]

Wow, I always knew AlanLe made some awesome Co2 regulators for planted freshwater tanks but to see it across hobbies, that's awesome!

 

[mtraylor]

Anyone know where I can get burkert type connector 2516 part number 303142

 

[Water Dog]

Burkert Type 2516 Connector [303145]

Burkert Type 2516 Connector [303145]. Replaces Part# 008402.

cicus.com

 

[mtraylor]

I found that place but it has $200 minimum order

 

[Juano908]

Can I use this solenoid?
Notice it’s a 110v 4w
Also what’s the difference between SS and Brass solenoid?
Thanks a lot in advance.

 

[mtraylor]

SS= Stainles Steel

 

[Juano908]

Can I use this solenoid?
Notice it’s a 110v 4w
Also what’s the difference between SS and Brass solenoid?
Thanks a lot in advance.

@Water Dog

 

[Juano908]

Can I use this solenoid?
Notice it’s a 110v 4w
Also what’s the difference between SS and Brass solenoid?
Thanks a lot in advance.

@bettatail

 

[Juano908]

SS= Stainles Steel

Thanks bud What I mend was the difference of using SS vs Brass solenoid.
Reason I asked is because all the regulator builds pictures I see have SS solenoids.
Thanks.

 

[mtraylor]

I will let others chime in on this as I'm new to the C02 build and I'm currently in the middle of messing up my first one. I have had lots of the same questions so trying to help where I can at the moment to pay it forward.

My only guess is that in reefing. We try to keep copper out of the equation as much as we can. Also SS looks cool!

 

[DCR]

Brass is OK for dry CO2. I use it on all of my high pressure connections. Just does not look as clean and pretty as SS

It is strange that they list that solenoid as 110V 50 hz as 50 hz is not a US standard (60 hz in the US). I don't know it makes any difference for a solenoid but ideally you would want a 110 V / 60 hz solenoid.

 

[Juano908]

Brass is OK for dry CO2. I use it on all of my high pressure connections. Just does not look as clean and pretty as SS

It is strange that they list that solenoid as 110V 50 hz as 50 hz is not a US standard (60 hz in the US). I don't know it makes any difference for a solenoid but ideally you would want a 110 V / 60 hz solenoid.

Thanks a lot both of you for your response, reason I’m asking is cause I found this regulator on EBay for a price that I was able to afford.
This is my first time dealing with custom built CO2 regulator but always wanted to try and build one.
When I received it I installed Otón my CO2 tank to do the leak test. The high pressure side passed the test but the low pressure side was not holding the pressure not even for 30 minutes then I decided to remove from the solenoid on parts and seal the the regulator outlet to make sure the regulator by itself was ok.
At first I thought I was ripped off with a faulty regulator but with the outlet sealed the low pressure side passed the leak test thanks God so I found out that the leak is from the cheap solenoid.
Here are some pictures of the regulator and again, thanks a lot for your response.

 

[DCR]

Out of curiosity, I went to the Burkett website and all of the 6011 AC solenoids are listed as 50 hz (both 110 and 230V). I think they should work fine at 60 hz. I actually used a 24 VDC 6011 model I found on some water systems site.

 

[Juano908]

Out of curiosity, I went to the Burkett website and all of the 6011 AC solenoids are listed as 50 hz (both 110 and 230V). I think they should work fine at 60 hz. I actually used a 24 VDC 6011 model I found on some water systems site.

Thanks a lot again.

 

[mtraylor]

Well I have to say this has been a long journey. After sourcing all my parts from ebay. My solenoid and my needle valve I received were both bad. So I had to replace them. I ended up getting my solenoid directly from berkert. This was a hike in price, but well worth getting a part that worked. On the needle valve. I found a new one one on ebay, so I went the new route on this too. Now I have my first custom CO2 regulator.

Big shout out to @Water Dog for finding me all these parts and sharing knowledge on how to complete my own build. Couldn't have done it without his help.

Here is a picture of my Regulator

 

[alanle]

Hello everyone! Wow it's nice to know that my DIY thread from RC made it here.

 

[PedroYoung]

I know this is a DIY thread, but wanted to post a couple pics of setup I got from @alanle , very sweet.

I just don’t have the time to source all the components etc, but wanted the high performance and quality.

 

[Water Dog]

Beautiful regulator. Alan’s work is awesome! There are times when people ask me to build a regulator for them and I always point them to Alanle.

 

[alanle]

Here is a Parker IR6000 series system that I just built. Parker regulators are one of the best regulators available.

 

[rynosreef]

Hey all, I’m in the process of gathering all my fittings for my build and am basing mine off of the regulator in the image below. Only thing is I’m not sure which fitting to use to connect the metering valve to the elbow? In swagelok part #s it looks like I need a fitting of some sort to connect SS-200-2-2 (the elbow) to SS-SS2-A (the metering valve). Could someone point me in the right direction?