
In addition, never use any lubricant or oil on oxygen cylinders or regulators. Even particles of dust in the valve can ignite an oxygen-enriched fire.īy opening the valve slowly and completely, you ensure that the oxygen is released safely. They create enough heat to ignite anything they come in contact with.

When the valve is opened quickly or only partially (or if the valve is broken off in a fall, drop or collision), the molecules inside are set in motion, bumping up against one another in the regulator and the valve.


Here is why: Oxygen molecules are compressed under extreme pressure inside the tank. Always open that valve slowly and completely. Director of VITAS Home Medical Equipment.Įvery oxygen tank or cylinder has a valve that controls the amount of oxygen released. To see the safest way to open an oxygen tank valve, watch this demonstration from Brian Farbelow, Registered Respiratory Therapist and Sr.

All flooded areas can then no longer be accessed. If an empty oxygen tank is on the players hotbar and is refilled at the Compressor in Swamp Hideout, it may disappear entirely from the players' inventory.It allows the player to enter any areas blocked by flooding, such as the Wreckage and Burned Cottage on the outskirts of the Swamp, as well as the Swamp Village Cellar, which is necessary to visit to advance the story. One is acquired from completing the Elephants quest and another can be found on a corpse behind the code-locked door in the Old Shed.Īn Oxygen Tank can be acquired by filling an Empty Oxygen Tank at a Compressor. Two Empty Oxygen Tanks can be found in the Swamp. Allows the player to pass through flooded areas.
