Vulcan fill valve assembly
Just curious…Vulcan’s come with a fill valve assembly (threaded valve and hose). When unpacking mine, found the fill probe and just threw the assembly with the hose in a drawer. How is it intended to be used?
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But the Cricket’s is smaller dang it. Wish they would standardize those things!
I threw my hose assembly in the case the gun came in and ordered a male foster with female threads from Pyramid Air to be able to easily switch between FX,Cricket, and Vulcan.
Yes the Eddie and Vulcan are the same probe. Makes life easy for me
On a side note, the edgun fill probe fits the Vulcan. Has anyone else noticed that? Too bad the edgun is not as accurate as the vulcan, or at least mine isn’t.
Thanks Hoot, mine is going back in the drawer. I thought that the knob on the thing was a main valve and realize now that it is a bleed. I have a small guppy tank and a 71 cuft 4500 psi SCBA tank with all the appropriate valves and quick connect hose to the Vulcan fill probe. Was trying to figure out if it would be of any potential use to me…not.
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AJ
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Hi AJ
I’m not certain why Vulcan decided to include a “DIN” valve on their fill hose, which is included with the gun. A “DIN” valve is generally used with a high pressure scuba tank, or emergency breathing devices, involving high pressure fiber tanks used by various emergency departments.
Most pcp airgun owners who use a scuba tank for filling their airguns will use a “K” valve in the U.S., because that is the most common scuba tank and valve used by recreational divers. The DIN valves have generally been used for high pressure steel scuba tanks, and for fail-proof valves when engaging in dangerous technical diving, such as cave dives, dives below 120 feet (the most common max depth recommended for recreational divers) and divers engaged in using mixed gas, multiple tank dives, for extremely deep and/or prolonged dive time at depth, such as wreck diving at depths well below 120 feet.
The device you will certainly use to fill your pcp is the “fill probe” that came with the Vulcan. This never changes because it is specifically designed to fit only the air cylinder on a Vulcan airgun. The threaded probe end is screwed into the hose of a high pressure air source, either a manual pump, or an electric high pressure air compressor capable of at least 3000 psi.
The most common sources of high pressure air are aluminum 3000 psi scuba tanks, which use the “K” valve, or a fiber SCBA or high pressure steel air tank, which always use the “DIN” valve you received with your gun. It would appear the DIN valve may be in more common use in Europe and outside of the U.S. for tanks used to fill airguns.
Like you, I tossed mine into a drawer. I already have a 150 cu ft steel scuba tank that uses a “K” valve. Save the DIN valve, because you might one day buy a 4500 psi tank for airgun fills. A word of caution here…be certain you have a reliable source to fill your tank to 4500 psi before you buy one…they are very expensive, and not all fire departments and/or paintball palaces will fill a tank for you! That’s just the way it is.
Have fun and don’t shoot your eye out.
Kindly ‘Ol Uncle Hoot:
No the little knob on top of the Vulcan fill hose has a bleed
Thanks Keyser. I have a small Air Venturi bottle that came with a regulator to about 190 bar and a bleed valve. It does appear that the Vulcan valve would fit my tank eliminating the regulator but it is missing a bleeder. Correct?
I use mine with a small 90 ninja tank for day trips. Perfect in a backpack when camping or hiking.
Thanks. I am not familiar with all the air fittings and wasn’t sure how this assembly was intended to attach
Well…..there’s a DIN fitting on it so it screws into the tank’s valve.
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FVA, me too. I can’t believe how big the probe is…no not your probe Hoot and Leadpecker…..your probe wouldn’t even go into a ant hill hole….