Technical mig gas regulator

I bought a used Miller Sidekick a while back, and the guy I got it from gave me a Victor CF153 with the purchase. I was looking at the regulator yesterday and its stamped for CO2 does this make a difference in which bottle, or gas I get?

 

Regulator should only fit the correct bottle for CO2

 

Double check with welding supply place. Mine was for co2, but I use with 75/25 argon co2 mix. Welds way cleaner.

 

I'm just patching up the frame, and maybe going to do the floor boards so it doesn't have to look to pretty.

 

It will work just fine.

 

You can get adapters to mix and match..

 

I've been a sub-dealer for welding and cutting gasses for 25 years.

As far as I know, the valves for all the cylinders containing gas for welders are the same, and they all use the same regulators. The welding gasses are Argon, CO2, and any combination % of these two. There are also welding gas mixes with varying % of Helium mixed with the Argon and CO2. Helium, nitrogen, and oxygen cylinders also use the same valves and regulators. There is a liquid CO2 for Beveridge that uses a different valve.

Cutting gasses, acetylene, propalein, and propane have a different valve and require a different regulator. Some of the old cutting gas cylinders have a male valve, but most of the newer cylinders have a female valve. There is an adapter to connect the two versions for cutting gas regulators. Some of the small cutting gas cylinders have a smaller valve that requires a smaller regulator or an adapter to use the standard cutting regulators.

I'm sure I've missed something, this is off the top of my head. Gene

 

The hookup to the bottle is different but that can be changed out. Argon regulator will have external threads on the nut co2 internal threads.

 

I have a male end

 

It will work OK. They both just flow a shielding gas if it fits the bottle go with it.