Fishing Oxygen System Safety – 100% Oxygen Gas Safety
Have heard and read that high pressure oxygen tanks are dangerous if not well secured, can fall, break off the cylinder valve and take off like a rocket. OK, I got the hazards and cautions about the high pressure O2 tanks and I’ve seen the U-tube videos on tanks falling and breaking off valves. It’s easy to understand why you should never, ever use pure 100% oxygen gas or any oxygen generating equipment unless you are properly trained absolutely know how use pure oxygen and oxygen equipment.
But, I found several different types of fishing O2 generator systems that do not use high pressure O2 tanks. O2 generators eliminated the high pressure O2 tank safety issues completely.
*All fishing oxygen systems deliver 100% pure oxygen, near that and all create an oxygen enriched environment in the livewell gas space (>24% oxygen).
It’s the pure 100% O2 gas and oxygen enriched livewell environment safety, hazards and dangers that I’m concerned with and can find little to no information.
Most of the web sites that advertise and sell fishing oxygen systems don’t discuss safety, hazards or precautions about using the pure 100% O2 gas. It can lead a fisherman to believing there are no safety issues when using pure 100% oxygen gas.
I have talked with salesmen that sell boats with livewell O2 system and they all say O2 is no different than air when it comes to safety. A few say don’t smoke around O2 and don’t lubricate oxygen equipment with oil and that’s all there is about safety.
Question: What do you know and/or where can I find real factual information specifically about safety, hazards and precautions when using pure 100% oxygen gas with all these different types of fishing oxygen systems?
Thanks