would it be okay to leave a nitrous bottle in a car all day? or would the pressure get too high? i live in texas so its not too bad right now, but during the summer i imagine it could get 150*+ in there

 

I was actually wondering the same thing. It was only mid 80s the other day and my bottle pressure reached 1250psi sitting in an open parking lot (school). I cant imagine what will happen during a 105+degree day. It would be a shame and a waste of $40 if my burst disc decides to give away.

 

that wouldnt be good ! you may want to keep it out of direct sunlight,mount it in the spare tire well.

 

i guess i could just take the bottle out if i have nitrous this summer

 

this was posted in another thread about the same thing

 

Holy crap, thats crazy.

 

I have a black bottle also, mounted on the hump. The pressure gets up to 1500 during the day, In the spare tire well it goes 1200-1300. Now I just leave it on the hump and keep my car cover in the back, throw it on when I get to work, pressure stays below 1200. FWIW I had a bottle overpressure and rupture (> 3000 psi) when I left it sitting in my driveway.

 

Damn that's nuts. I would just cover it up or leave the windows cracked.

 

just do 4-sided tint like me much cooler in the cockpit when the car sets in the sun. it lets me drive alot more confortable than having the sun right on my face

 

Do not do it! Especially here in Texas. I made that mistake last week. I left both bottles in my car outside for one day. They were both full and both burst discs popped by the time I got home from work. $70 worth of nitrous down the drain!

 

I lost a full 10lb. bottle of nitrous when the NOS bottle valve couldn't stand the heat and leaked Now its so loose, the valve just spins freely and doesn't seal at all. It was fine when I filled it

Lesson learned, no leaving bottles in the trunk in the Texas sun.

 

i dont keep my bottle in my car anymore because one day at work i came out to see 1600psi, but the bottle kept, dynotune ftw

 

Do you guys just put the bottle in only when you are planning on using it?

 

Bottle blanket anyone?

 

well damn then i guess vegas heat is out of the question

 

I live in AZ and with a full bottle the other day at school when I got out at noon (not even the hottest part of the day yet) the bottle was at like 1300psi on the bottle gauge. Was pretty crazy considering it was out of direct sunlight and under a floormat mounted where the rear seat was on the pass side. I would definitely never have the bottle in the car during the day (at least full or half full) during the summer where it gets 120*+ outside and like 150*+ in the car. It's nice having a gauge on the bottle now though so I know what it's doing.

 

i dont. id rather leave it at home than take it with me in the 110+ deg heat in the summer. maybe i will in the winter time if i have a remote opener, but untill then no. theres not point of me leaving it in my car all the time with no remote opener since i would have to stop the car to turn it on.