Clearing out loads of stuff at work left by guests and unclaimed for years, found below, that’s a first, beats usual articles of clothing and shoes. Anyone got a use for it?

My dad is on one of those for 16 hours a day……it basically takes the nitrogen out of normal air so enriching it.
It might have been on loan from the NHS perhaps.

I’d phone their customer help line and ask them to take it back. Pressurised pure oxygen probably shouldn’t be messed with if that’s what it is.

Failing that. Build a bonfire round it and stand well back.

It’s an oxygen machine – some bike builders use that instead of a big bottle of oxygen, I might be interested if you want rid of it…

Use it to inflate tubeless tyres

Find some Xenon

http://road.cc/content/news/128878-wada-bans-athletes-blood-boosting-gases-xenon-and-argon

Cost £800 new.

Worth a few quid if it works I reckon ?

I don’t think there is any oxygen in it – its just removes the nitrogen from normal air so enriching it.

Yeh, oxygen concentrator

can’t imagine someone forgetting one of those – they’re for folk who need one for many hours every day. maybe a guest died while there ?

They’re often supplied by the NHS but I guess it’d have some contact info on if it was

I think they also lose efficiency over time – at least the ones I’ve heard of being used by framebuilders are ones that have been decertified for medical use.

ones I’ve heard of being used by framebuilders

What do bike builders use it for?

This is STW, someone will want it to “Boost” their log burning stove!

my wife had one … runs pretty much 24/7 … contact
airliquide they’ll come take it away for you.

Would be perfect for my next frame build, would happily rehouse it if Ben hasn’t been me to it?!

E-bay!

What do bike builders use it for?

Saves having an oxygen cylinder – sometimes used with propane, instead of oxyacetylene.

Spent a very tense 30 odd mins in the company of a chain smoking oap who was hooked up to one of those

pk13, later:

Stuck it on ebay, untested of course, might raise a few quid for our charity hopefully, cheers for insights

They belong to air liquide the machines are rented off the company by the NHS. So basically it’s not yours to sell.

If that’s an oxygen concentrater that’s working then apparently a hospital in a developing country would love to have it

They belong to air liquide the machines are rented off the company by the NHS. So basically it’s not yours to sell

I didn’t realise, will phone the number on it to check out situation

No problem. I’m sure they’d please to have it back but maybe not as much as the next person who gets it. When it helps them with their COPD, Liver Cancer or something else allowing them to stay at home rather than hospital.

Thanks Drac, it is their machine, collecting next week and said it will be serviced and go out to a new person, good ending

Excellent!

Shame you ignored wwaswas when he posted it yesterday.

I didn’t realise, will phone the number on it to check out situation

Did not realise it was not yours to sell .

Are you still operating under finders keepers losers weepers.

^ you’re right, I feel guilty & should have done this first, done the right thing now hopefully and better karma. We do get lots of stuff left which we try and trace ownership to return, store for 6 months minimum and then if no joy recycle or auction to raise funds for the charity if we think it’s worth doing so. Clearing out an old storage area just now and we are coming across lots of other weird and wonderful things like this that have been stored for a lot more than the 6 months, years I suspect. Point taken, lesson learnt etc etc

Stuck it on ebay, untested of course, might raise a few quid for our charity hopefully

you were hardly a profiteering arse to start with, no harm done and a positive ending.

Spent a very tense 30 odd mins in the company of a chain smoking oap who was hooked up to one of those

my uncle jack smoked through the mask; via a hole!! mental.

my uncle jack smoked through the mask; via a hole!! mental.

Probably a good way to set your face on fire!

Did you hear about the chinese man who cremated himself by smoking inside a hyperbaric chamber during treatment in a hospital?

Last I heard the family were suing the hospital for allowing him to sneak the lighter and fags into the chamber with him.

I have many a tale I can tell you about them, some very tragic, only one that was funny but I can’t. 🙂

He could sell the goods if he took reasonable action to find no owner with no luck. He’s done that and they’re collecting it.