Pressure tank alternatives for Taylor's stove

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I just got around to testing the "great condition, ready to go stove" that turned out to need a full rebuild and discovered that, when pressurised, the pressure tank behaves very like a sieve. (I put it in storage without a thorough inspection and left it for over a year after receiving it so can't really go back to the seller about this).

I'm on the lookout for a replacement tank (see here) but if that does not yield anything I'm not sure I want to pay the Taylor's tax (£500+) for a new one. Has anyone experimented with any alternatives? I was considering using a stainless beer keg (these are rated to 45psi). Any other suggestions of possible containers I could use? I discounted heating pressure vessels as a bit tricky to fill/plumb in.

Alternatively, if anyone has a (non-leaky) Taylors tank in a shed somewhere, I'm all ears!
 
mullet said:
I just got around to testing the "great condition, ready to go stove" that turned out to need a full rebuild and discovered that, when pressurised, the pressure tank behaves very like a sieve. (I put it in storage without a thorough inspection and left it for over a year after receiving it so can't really go back to the seller about this).

I'm on the lookout for a replacement tank (see here) but if that does not yield anything I'm not sure I want to pay the Taylor's tax (£500+) for a new one. Has anyone experimented with any alternatives? I was considering using a stainless beer keg (these are rated to 45psi). Any other suggestions of possible containers I could use? I discounted heating pressure vessels as a bit tricky to fill/plumb in.

Alternatively, if anyone has a (non-leaky) Taylors tank in a shed somewhere, I'm all ears!
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Maybe an aluminium fire extinguisher cylinder with a tyre valve fitted so you can pressurise it with a bicycle pump. I have a Co2 extinguisher that has what looks like a Schrader valve for recharging it so you may find one with the valve already in place. Then you only need the adapter to your copper pipe and a filler neck welded on.

www.solocoastalsailing.co.uk
 
Pressure cylinders are used for all sorts of things from, fire extinguishers to camping gas cylinders. So chose a size that suits you. However a way to pump it up amy be a challenge. ol'will
 
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Plum said:
Maybe an aluminium fire extinguisher cylinder with a tyre valve fitted so you can pressurise it with a bicycle pump. I have a Co2 extinguisher that has what looks like a Schrader valve for recharging it so you may find one with the valve already in place. Then you only need the adapter to your copper pipe and a filler neck welded on.

www.solocoastalsailing.co.uk
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Further to my comment above, aluminium fillers are available, for example, here OBP Aluminium Fuel Filler Cap.40 mm O/D 50 mm Cap 70 mm Height - Walton Motorsport to weld into an aluminium Co2 extinguisher cylinder.

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I would try a plastic garden sprayer as a simple solution. I used to have a Taylor paraffin heater on one boat and 2 burner stove plus oven on another boat. The tanks were simply pumped up by a small diameter hand pump. They do not need a high pressure to work, just enough to keep sufficient fuel flowing to the burners. You can get them in a range of sizes, I have 5 and 8 ltr sprayers for garden use, both with pressure relief valves. The flow rate I get from the sprayers is far more than I would have used on the Taylor stove.
 
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