* Most sources were borrowed from Vance
Harlow’s Oxygen
Hacker’s Companion (4th Edition)
**
Additional Sources are added as
available to the end of this list
2544 West Ridge Pike
Norristown PA19403
(610) 631-2620
John wheels and deals in new and used
SCUBA gear, including many gas mixing items, and will ship. Carries the Global line, and similar
products from other suppliers. Terrific
shop with all the cool stuff in stock everyone else has to special order - I
wish they were just down the street from me!
34929 Sweetwater Drive
Agua Dulce, CA, 91350
(661) 268-0182
Sensors for analyzers and rebreathers at
good prices, the terrific new Expedition 02 analyzer (see our web site for a
special OXY HACKER deal on it) and low cost kits to build the analyzer
described in this book.
Abysmal Diving
6595 Odell Pl. Suite G
Boulder, CO 80301
(303) 530-7248
Abyss deco software, and OxySpy 02
analyzer.
Atomox
Helium analyzers, as sold by DiveRite.
Lots of good stuff on their website, including a gas mix- ing Excel spreadsheet
that takes into account compressibility.
GUE (Global Underwater Explorers)
15 S. Main Street
High Springs, FL 32643
(800) 762-3483
DecoPlanner deco software.
Teledyne Analytical Instruments
16830 Chesnut St.
City of Industry, CA 91748
(888) 789-8168
Top quality 02 sensors. Their Rl7 Med is the preferred sensor for
the OXY HACKER analyzer.
Maxtec (formerly Ceramatec)
2425 South 900 West, Suite B
Salt Lake City, Utah
(800) 748-5355
02 sensors and analzyers. Their MAX-250E takes a 2.5/5.5mm coaxial power plug, and sells for $50-65 depending on whether you are an individual or a company (check the bit on letter-head shops before you order, and be sure to say it's for resale). There's also a screw-in hose adaptor, for another $5, that does away with the need for a sampling tee.
McMaster-Carr Supply
473 Ridge Road
Dayton, NJ 08810
(732) 329-3200
Incredibly complete line of tools,
industrial supplies, viton O-rings, SS braided HP hose for 1/3rd of what
GlobaljWestern gets, and just about anything else you can think of. M-C is legendarily weird about about their
catalogs - they simply won't give you one unless you are a major company, or an
established customer, and then they might give you just one, but they'll sell
to anyone, and in any quantity, so the trick is to get your hands on an old one
and order a few times before you ask (they've also got the catalog online, and
on CD-ROM).
Western Enterprises
http://www.westernenterprises.com/enterprises
875 Bassett Rd.
Westlake, Ohio 44145-1196
(440) 871-2160
Complete lines of welding, medical and
industrial fittings, welding and cutting equipment, and medical gear. Western has a number of different
specialized catalogs, but their WELDING AND COMPRESSED GAS FI1TINGS AND
EQUIPMENT catalog is the most indispensable.
You can buy Western fittings though most welding/gas suppliers. Wholesale.
Global Manufacturing Co.
1829 S. 68th. St.
West Allis, WI 53214
Orders (800) 558-1811
Tech (414)774-1616
The source for dive gas handling and
mixing,
regulator service/test equipment, bulk
O-rings in nitrile or viton, and all kinds of other tech goodies. Wholesale only - get the catalog by hook or
crook, then order what you need through a diveshop.
Groban Supply Company, Inc.
9300 S. Drexel Ave.
Chicago, IL 60619-7799
(800) 621-2405
Serious heavy, greasy surplus, mostly
ex-military. HP compressors, but with a
lot of strings attached (like, 28V DC motors and dubious as-is condition). Lots of gorgeous SS HP hydraulic
accumulators (cylinders with a floating piston in the middle) that make great
filter stacks. Condition ranges from brand new to junk. My feeling is that this
is very much a buyer-beware type place.
DAN (Divers Alert Network)
http://www.diversalertnetwork.org
Duke University Medical Center
Raleigh NC 27706-9980
(919) 684-2948
DAN is a non-profit dive safety
organization, and a good source of books and videos on emer- gency 02 use and
dive physiology. Sells fairly expensive
but top-quality emergency 02 sets. Also
sponsors Oxygen Provider courses which are available for DAN-trained
instructors all over the world. DAN
membership includes medical evacuation insurance and several dive emergency
medical insurance options. Their book,
OXYGEN FIRST AID by Lippman, is an good basic text on the subject with coverage
of both hardware and medical issues that goes well beyond what is covered in
the basic DAN course.
Ebay
Ebay, the ubiquitous internet auction
service, has turned into one of the best places to find used medital 02 tanks
and equipment, as well as deals on surplus and used Swagelok, Cajon, Whitey,
and Parker valves and fittings, and just about anything else.
Mar-vel
Box 646
Camden NJ 08101
(609) 962-8719
Commercial diving and gas handling
gear. Neat catalog, will sell to
anyone.
RIX Industries
6460 Hollis St.
Oakland, CA 94608
(510) 658-5275
Oilless compressors suitable for 02 service.
Swagelok (Cajon, Nupro, Whitey)
29500 Solon Rd.
Solon, Ohio 44139
(440) 248-4600
Gorgeous, expensive, indispensible
fittings and valves. Get the full line catalog.
C&H Sales
2176 Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91117
(800) 325-9465
Ever changing line of industrial and
military surplus. Precision gauges, cheap surplus 2-15 lpm flow meters, valves
etc. Free catalog.
Haskel Inc.
100E Graham Pl.
Burbank, CA 91502
(818) 843-4000
Air driven booster pumps.
Aqua Environment
http://www.aeroconsystems.com/aqua_environment/index.htm
POB 935
Stinson Bch CA 94970
(415) 453-8157
Neat gas handling/fill station gear -
regs, constant backpressure valves, "eyeball" CO monitors.
Lubrication Technology
310 Morton St.
Jackson, OH 45640
Krytox 02 safe lubes
MSA (Mine Safety Appliances) "C"~
POB 426
Pittsburg, PA 15230
(800) 851-4500
Manufacturer of the Miniox 02 Analyzer.
PSI
6531 NE 198th St.
Seattle, WA 98155
(425) 486-2252
Bill High's PSI trains tank inspectors
and has a good line of related tools and publications. Cale says buy the book -
"Inspecting Cylinders" 1997, ($17+S&H) - and skip the course.
Surplus Center
1015 West "0" Street
Lincoln NE 68501-2209
(800) 488-3407
Gauges, surplus hydraulics, hydraulic
hoses, air fittings, etc. Once again,
not much high pressure gas stuff, but (free) catalog worth getting.
All Electronics
POB 567
Van Nuys CA 91408-0567
(800) 826-5432
Mail order supplier of electronic bits
and surplus serving the hobbyist and small order buyer. PM128 panel mV meter,
good stock of hardware, etc, at good prices.
Bird Precision
P.O. Box 569
Waltham, MA 02454-0569
(800) 208-6840
Precision orifices.
Norgren
5400 S Delaware St
Littleton, CO 80220
(303) 798-5545 www.usa.norgren.com
Precision orifices and other gas handling
gear.
Aircraft Spruce
201W. Truslow Ave
Fullerton, CA 92632
(800) 824-1930
Mail order aircraft supplies at good MO
prices. Carries most lines of av 02 sets,
as well as many useful AN fittings, etc, usually at good prices.
Kaplan Industries
http://www.kaplanindustries.com
Rte 73 and Maple
Maple Shade, NJ 08052
(800) 257-8299
Wholesale supplier of new and refurbed
medical and industrial cylinders of all sorts, and no minimum. Carries all the standard sizes at prices
considerably less than local gas suppliers. Current prices around $50 for alu
or steel MOD tanks, and $170 for 250cf. welding or med 02 tanks. Used/reconditioned tanks often available for
less, call for current availability.
Labelon Corp.
10 Chapin St.
Canandaigua NY
(800) 428-5566 Bardura waterproof,
laser-printable sticky labels in various sizes. Usually sold only in quantity.
The 2x4" size works well for visual/02 clean stickers; give them a
call and they'll send you some samples.
POR 15
POB 1235
Morristown, NJ 07962
(800) 457-6715
Urethane based rustproofing paint which is very good for protecting non-galvanized tanks
that will be used in seawater. Incredibly
tough coating, can be applied by brush over rusted or sandblasted metal..
Compressed Gas Association (CGA)
1725 Jefferson Davis Highway Suite 1004
Arlington, VA 22202-4102
(703) 412-0900
The compressed gas industry trade
organization that sets the standards for the industry. Best source of info on
the "right way" of doing it, if that interests you. Publications are very expensive and aimed at
industrial users, but some of the more relevent ones are:
CGA 6 Visual inspection of steel tanks
CGA 6.1 Visual inpection of alu tanks.
CGA P-14 Accident Prevention in Oxygen
Enriched Atmospheres
CGA G-4 Oxygen
CGA G-4.3 Commodity Specification for
Oxygen
CGA G-4.1 Cleaning Equipment for Oxygen
Service
CGA G-7 .Compressed Air For Human
Respiration
CGA G- 7.1 Commodity Specification For
Air
Bauer Compressors
10052 N.W. 53rd Street
Sunrise, FL 33351
(954) 746-2504
Compressed Air Specialties
http://www.scubacompressor.com
1340 Simpson Circle
Anaheim, CA
(714) 991-8800
Good source for anything related to a
fill station: compressors, fittings,
filters, line valves, manifolds, etc.