What to do with old oxy and acetylene bottles...?

[Longneck]

Basically I've been left with a very old set of oxy acetylene bottles that I don't know how to get rid of.

Have let all gas out of them but can't get the valves out to fill them with water.

Was wondering if I could cut them up for scrap but a bit unsure about doing this?? [emoji95][emoji95]

Any suggestion???

 

[ACEngineering]

Basically I've been left with a very old set of oxy acetylene bottles that I don't know how to get rid of.

Have let all gas out of them but can't get the valves out to fill them with water.

Was wondering if I could cut them up for scrap but a bit unsure about doing this?? [emoji95][emoji95]

Any suggestion???

Take them back to who the belong be there problem then.

 

[Kidds]

Get in touch with the makers (BOC, Air Products etc.) and they will collect them.
Done this very recently with some 30+ year old bottles.

 

[Land Rover]

Could you not just take them to BOC or whoever originally owned them .
Or I see the local dumps here have cylinder cages for these type of things ( I've had a few bottles out of them ) .
I think the Acetylene is dissolved in acetone and the inside of the cylinder might have charcoal or something in it , probably never safe to cut open .
The oxygen makes a good air receiver if it's cleaned out I'm told .Not sure how clean it has to be , but oil and grease with Oxygen is to be avoided

 

[Greenbeast]

yeah i wouldn't risk the acet bottle, done propane in the past but never with valves on, cut only after filling with water first.

If you don't have a project requiring them just have them collected

 

[milkloss]

Use them as bollards.

 

[Fuzzy]

Phone up the owner (BOC ? 0800 111 333 ) and they will collect them.

 

[MickW]

Whatever you do don't cut them up I recall a farmer in Ireland years ago killed himself when cutting up a cylinder.
You only live once

 

[Grassman]

They are not yours to cut up anyway so get the owners to deal with them. In the majority of cases you only rent them.

 

[roscoe erf]

take them to town put a alarm clock and some old wires on them and they will get disposed of fairly quickly

 

[Grassman]

take them to town put a alarm clock and some old wires on them and they will get disposed of fairly quickly

And you might dissappear for 10 years as well!

 

[Longneck]

Result! Just phoned Air Products (who's name is on them) and they have arranged to collect them within 2 weeks.

Thanks for replies, I was under the impression that because they were not "in contract" they wouldn't want to touch them.

Really wasn't keen to cut them up! Thanks again for all replies.

 

[milkloss]

Box won't pick theirs up from here. Got six bottles and they said we had to deliver them, perhaps we'll charge because most of them were never our bottles anyway.

 

[Grassman]

Box won't pick theirs up from here. Got six bottles and they said we had to deliver them, perhaps we'll charge because most of them were never our bottles anyway.

I seem to remember that some people tried to sell bottles on ebay and Boc contact them. They tell them they aren't allowed to sell them and they then arrange to pick them up. This quite recent.

 

[milkloss]

I seem to remember that some people tried to sell bottles on ebay and Boc contact them. They tell them they aren't allowed to sell them and they then arrange to pick them up. This quite recent.

Thanks, I must admit it was a couple of years ago they wouldn't come. Perhaps they've realised the old bottles could be a liability.

 

[Nearly]

There was an ad on local radio here that Calor would pay £7? per bottle that you took back to their agents.
I wish BOC would do the same, £££££

 

[Bobthebuilder]

There was an ad on local radio here that Calor would pay £7? per bottle that you took back to their agents.
I wish BOC would do the same, £££££

Is that still the case [emoji848] as I have 3 big, 1 medium propane and 2 small Mac gas bottles kicking about the workshop

 

[Nearly]

Is that still the case [emoji848] as I have 3 big, 1 medium propane and 2 small Mac gas bottles kicking about the workshop

I think it was just for Calor's own bottles.

 

[Fuzzy]

This is what one looks like after it explodes !!! (Driver survived)

 

[7610 super q]

I think it was just for Calor's own bottles.

Jackpot
I've got 20 left behind by a previous owner.
Will they ask any awkward questions about where I got them from ?