I was wondering if there was anyway besides leaving the windows open or taking the bottle out of the car each time to keep the Nitrous Bottle cool while in the car during the day? It was 100 degrees today and when I got in my car the bottle was at the other end of the red on the gauge. I tried one of those autocool solar powered fans, but my window tint is too dark so it doesn't get any sun to work it the right way. I think I am SOL and will have to take it out during the day.

Any thoughts?

 

hotter the better ....no point in cooling it...it isnt gonna get hot enough to do any harm

 

If youre creative enough you could setup a temp. based electronic switch to purge at XXX degrees/C

 

 

So it won't blow off when it gets too hot? I don't have a blow down tube(sp) to release out of the car. I guess in the long run it wont doing any harm, but I don't want to waste $40 worth of nos every time it gets too hot and I don't want to keep taking it out every other day either.

thanks

 

Love it!! Doesn't look big enough though...

 

lol honestly not really going to make much of a difference if its cooler or not

 

he doesnt want it to explode the burst disc and spray inside his car. if its all the way in the red when you get in, it could pop when youre in the car and then youre in a world of hurt.

get a gym bag and carry it out of the car is really your only option that doesnt involve a ton of money and work.

be safe

 

Yup...that's what I was afraid of. Pain in the A$$....I wonder if they make quick disconnects... sounds like a google search

 

Do you have one of those windshield shades? They work pretty well. I have my bottle in my glove box, so it stays very cool. Where do you have yours? In the trunk? Throw a towel over it or get another windshield shade and cover it. Park in the shade. Besides taking it out all the time, those are probably your cheapest options.

Or get a fire and ice unit from nitrous express and just have to be wired to always on, so if it gets too hot, it will cool down your nitrous bottle.

Or, if you can find a thermometer that can be programed for an electronic trigger, you can use a peltier unit to cool it with a heatsink fan. Just have the thermometer trigger a relay to activate the peltier. Finding a thermometer that can do that seems hard though.

 

I find that just covering the bottle (keeping it out of direct sunlight) and leaving windows cracked will keep it under 1200 on a really hot day. Might be tough to get it down to operating temps though, but the way I see it... if its 100 degrees out, not even a big fat spray of the nawz is gonna make your car feel fast! Totally a waste of money! lol

Though, if it sat in the car all day, and its cooling off in the evening, but the bottle is still too hot, I've been known to throw it in the fridge for a while.

 

Windshield shades sound like a good idea one in the window and one over the bottle.. sounds good..thanks

 

was going to leave the windows cracked but I'm in Georgia where it rains at least 5 minutes everyday in the summer.. could be raining at my house and not my neighbors..lol

 

the safety discharge valve aint gon blow off.. its rated @ 3000psi, ur bottle isnt gonna hit that in 100 degree weather..

 

No matter how hot it is outside, the bottle will probably never get too hot to where the safety disk bursts.

My bottle is mounted in the trunk with a bottle blanket over it and a jacket over that. My bottle isn't full and it hasn't reached full TX summer yet, but this method seems to keep my bottle right at 1000 psi.

 

Thanks....I guess I can stop worrying about that then

 

I thought the burst disk was around 1800psi?

I've seen my bottle around 1200psi in the car on a really hot day, and it stayed there all the time for 2 years straight with no problems, in this wonderful florida heat. My dad's truck has a bottle under the back seat and it's there 24/7, never a problem.

 

^ I think it depends on the company. I have the Dynotune one and I believe it's 3000 psi.

 

Yeah, i'm sure they vary, but I know it's high. I've watched people heat the bottles with a torch until they were way warmer than they would ever get sitting in the sun in a car, so there's gotta be a lot of headroom before the overpressre relief blows.

 

The windshield shade and the towel seem to be working.. thanks for the info guys!