Nitrous Oxide Supplies

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Tue Feb 12, 08 12:26 pm

Nitrous Oxide Supplies use a specialist courier to dispatch the refilled cylinders; they are ADR trained and know all of the associated dangers. We used to use TNT, but just like the discs they lost with 25 millions sets of details, they (occasionally) used to loose our cylinders on the return journey too! Which meant we kept having to give people free replacement cylinders, so hence the change to the new shipping company.

An 11lb (UK spec) bottle costs £63 to refill including courier charges (its £3 per lb and £30 in courier charges), if you don’t have a cylinder packing case, then once a cylinder is empty, just wrap it well and send it to us, we would then return your cylinder in a new packing case.

Hopefully Nitrous Oxide Supplies are going to have a stand at this years MOPAR Euro Nationals in July, if anyone wants to come and see us for a chat they’re more than welcome.

If any of the MMA members want to contact me before the event, please feel free to give them my contact details below.

Many thanks,
Mr Simon CL Barker
Blended Products Limited (Nitrous Oxide Supplies)
7 Wright Street
HULL
HU2 8HU
DD: 01652 680555
Fax: 05600 498963
Mobile: 07852 249183

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Tue Feb 12, 08 1:17 pm

Here's the rub;
"An 11lb (UK spec) bottle"
At this time, all cylinders manufactured within the UK and Europe have TPED or PED approval meaning they ARE EU approved. NX, NOS and other IMPORTED bottles are NOT EU approved as they only conform to DOT standards, and should not be refilled within the EU.
U.S. DOT cylinders are allowed to be imported into the UK using Multilateral Agreement M125 which clearly states that they should be re-exported back to the states for re-filling.
The majority of us Nitrous Junkies use US spec bottles. Some companies refuse to refill these.
Will there be a price war at the Nats between Motor Shack (established company, always at the track, always good service) and Nitrous Oxide Supplies?

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Tue Feb 12, 08 2:07 pm

You say "should not be refilled within the EU" Kev, but is that the law?

DOT standard bottles are probably higher spec than the EU bottles anyway...

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Tue Feb 12, 08 2:42 pm

TurboBits will not fill DOT bottles.

SteveCase · Post by **SteveCase** » Tue Feb 12, 08 5:05 pm

I get mine done at Andy Robinsons.

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Tue Feb 12, 08 6:39 pm

I've been done by Websters, Customville and MotorShack.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Feb 12, 08 8:00 pm

They will refill a bottle if it has the correct label that came loose when the bottle was purchased , had this problem with Real Steel , when i found the label amoungst the packaging & gave it too them all was OK.

TrevD · Post by **TrevD** » Tue Feb 12, 08 8:13 pm

a chap in wickford refills cylinders for many of the local racers, not sure on price but for essex boys it would be no postage etc.