No rental charges.

Anyone had a delivery/dealings with this company ? Says deliver anywhere in the UK.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Welding-Gas-C...ryZ11774QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://www.adamsgas.co.uk/stat_ind_product.aspx?ctrl=argon&gclid=CKa5iIig5ZECFQyhQwodoF9Jew:welder:

Hi,

looks good but note the delivery charge of £25.

If they had a local outlet (within 30 miles) where I could pick it up then I'd go for it!

Regards
Peter

£25 is not bad really for delivery and collection, and it would save me about 2 hours out of my day from going to get it.

To collect from an agent will usually cost around £10-£12 + vat so not too bad really for delivery to your door. Also, think about what you save on rental!

How long would one of these bottles last

I think they were 10L (same size as BOC size X). Though 137 bar fill pressure so just a little more than half the gas of the BOC bottle.

Steve made a brief appearance on the forum a couple of years ago. If anyone calls him could you suggest he come back on to tell us what he's up to. Last we heard he was thinking of setting up to supply welding gas.

The cylinders contain 1.29m3 or 1290 litres, for the occasional or low-volume user much more economical than disposables . Working it out on disposables being 60 litres there's the equivalent of 21.5 of them in that cylinder which at £8 each would set you back £172!

Edit:
I've just used the 'ask seller a question' and asked if whoever placed that listing could maybe pop over here and introduce him/herself and answer a few questions from members. You never know, they might do something for forum members

As has been mentioned before on here, Gasman also does non-rental cylinders, might be worth sending him a PM to see where your nearest agent is, you might have one on your doorstep.

HI Guys

First of all I would like to thank all of you using the welding forum for the vast amount of interest you have shown in my products. It been a while since I've been on the forum as I have been busy getting our rent free bottle business up and running.

It's been running now for over 12 months and has had a huge response, with customers as far afield as the Isle of Sky to Cornwall.

We can now offer the following gases , all rent free:

CO2 / Argon Mix 9.4L 137bar (equivalant to argoshield) £20.99 + vat

Oxygen 9.4L 137bar £19.99 + vat

Nitrogen 9.4L 137bar £18.00 + vat

Argon 9.4L 137 bar £38.00 + vat

Helium Balloon gas 9.4L 137bar £25.00 + vat

We charge a fully refundable deposit of £40.00 per cylinder and delivery is by next day courier and cost £25.00 + vat. Included in the delivery price is the cost of returning the cylinder after use.

If you would like further information, please call me on 0800 1954445 or email me on steve@adamsgas.co.uk.

There are more details on our website at www.adamsgas.co.uk.

Once again, thanks for all your interest, and look forward to speaking to you soon

Regards

Steve

Bigvee (and anyone else who wants to know)

To work out the total available amount of gas available in a cylinder

Take the volume of the bottle (in litres) X pressure in bars = total gas available in litres from that size bottle at that pressure

So:

9.4lt bottle X 137bar = 1287.8 litres of gas avaiable

Then divide the answer by your flowrate

So for 10 ltres / min
Gives 128 minutes approx of welding

15lt/ min
gives 85 min of welding


Which for disposable bottles (Im not sure what size they are in litres, so Ill use Wozzahs figure of 60 lts)

gives 6 mins at 10lt/min
and 4 mins at 15lt/ min

Looks attractive doesnt it lol

Steve

AFAIK most ar/co2 disposables contain 60 litres but i've seen some 110 litre ones too, think they might be co2 only though. Still bloody expensive though compared with Steve and Gasman's options

Wozzaaah said:

AFAIK most ar/co2 disposables contain 60 litres but i've seen some 110 litre ones too, think they might be co2 only though. Still bloody expensive though compared with Steve and Gasman's options

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They do do 110l mixed gas bottles. The cheapest I've found is Machine Mart. According to calculations from the spreadsheet, the only advantages disposables have is the lower up front cost - you can do a bit of welding now and again for £11 a time. And for a fixed amount of welding, they also work out cheaper than rental cylinders - after about 8 years!

They do do 110l mixed gas bottles. The cheapest I've found is Machine Mart.

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Spits on floor! £39 delivered for 4x110L from moi
weldequip

Wozzaaah said:

As has been mentioned before on here, Gasman also does non-rental cylinders, might be worth sending him a PM to see where your nearest agent is, you might have one on your doorstep.

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Hi Woz, heres Gasmans deal
10L cylinder (X size) 39.99 + vat for 3 years ROU
22.50 + vat Gas Fill
25.75 Returnable deposit

£99.17 Total inc vat


20L cylinder (Y size) 59.99 + vat for 3 years ROU
32.99 + vat Gas Fill
34.75 Returnable deposit

£144.00 Total inc vat

The ROU is Right of Use,so it's hire/rental but for three years,not a bad deal tho i think.

Does Gasman post cylinders out as well ?

That's who they're on about Baz!
How you getting on with your shiney new 215?
weldequip

Its late but I'm not seeing anything about shipping cost like on the first post.

My 215 is still lacking electric, sparky didn't come back today. If he doesn't come back tomorrow I'm sticking a 13amp plug on it and see how high I can go until the fuse goes pop

Thanks again for faultless service

Baz.

I'm sticking a 13amp plug on it and see how high I can go until the fuse goes pop

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Around 4-1/ 3-2 on the voltage settings... above that it's a bolt in the fuse holder
weldequip

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Around 4-1/ 3-2 on the voltage settings... above that it's a bolt in the fuse holder
weldequip

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How many amps does that equate to m8 ?

Roughly 150... about the max from a 13amp supply.
weldequip