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Post by mmcohe on Sept 24, 2015 12:47:21 GMT -8
Witch tanks have the bad allow the 80cf or 82cf
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Post by diverdon on Sept 24, 2015 13:20:22 GMT -8
The 80
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Post by diverdon on Oct 27, 2015 7:02:51 GMT -8
I got a back pack like that but it doesn't have the decal: I'm making new straps for it, 'cause someone cut them down You really need ta get a Dacor-DH for that Y-valve: JB Hey JB, Does your pack have the same buckles? I have a couple now and both have the rolling buckle with a crotch strap. I find it handy and I'm curious how many others' do. I believe Eben has a similar buckle setup but no CS, and I have a couple weight belts with a similar buckle and that style has been growing on me. So I'm curious, who has/uses them? DD
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Post by nikeajax on Oct 27, 2015 10:05:20 GMT -8
DD, does this help? I threw ol' Goldie in for aesthetics... The screwy thing about the pack is that it has what looks like latex house paint on the bands, "Huh--what the!" JB
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Post by red on Nov 2, 2015 11:30:22 GMT -8
Charlie- "The only federal regulations from the CGA/DOT cover the requirements for hydrostatic tests. " Almost right, but don't forget the SCUBA industry is full of FUD. The DOT regulations for hydro inspections do actually state that the hydro inspection is to be preceded by A VIP and if the tank fails that VIP, the hydro is not to be performed.
So when a SCUBA shop takes a freshly hydro'd tank and claims it needs another VIP inspection right away...they're full of it. It received, and passed, a VIP from a DOT-compliant trained inspector immediately before the hydro test took place. If that was within the prior year, that's all it should need.
Next they'll be requiring annual structural integrity tests on golf balls before you're allowed on the golf course.
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Post by diverdon on Nov 2, 2015 12:10:26 GMT -8
DD, does this help? I threw ol' Goldie in for aesthetics... The screwy thing about the pack is that it has what looks like latex house paint on the bands, "Huh--what the!" JB Hey JB, Does your pack have the crotch strap? Perhaps it does but I can't tell by the pic. I believe both of mine do and so I will marry them to a dedicated tank. I really do like that style buckle and the pack works well for me as well. As to the reg, very nice! I like mine and had it in the pool testing that repair you made to the HP mouthpiece. I'm very happy with it and I'm sure I will be for years to come. DD
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Post by nikeajax on Nov 2, 2015 13:04:37 GMT -8
DD, no, now that you mention it, it doesn't... I'm thinking maybe someone butchered this thing for a child. When I get all the webbing for it, I'll have you take some measurements on urine, um, your'n, dangit, yours... Dang, I see that your number changed , it couldn't last forever... JB
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Post by cnotthoff on Nov 2, 2015 13:13:02 GMT -8
Red,
You and I are going to disagree on this.
I see scuba cylinders come back from hydro facilities with the valves in horrible and unsafe condition and with valves torqued in as if they were 1" mpt (far in excess of manufacturer's standards). Our EOI stickers state that "This cylinder and valve have been inspected". I require properly serviced and installed valves before I place an EOI sticker on a cylinder. Our shop does not fill a cylinder unless it has a current EOI sticker.
Dive shops set their own policy for what they require before filling a cylinder. I may well be "full of it" , but I intend to keep "it" on the inside.
Good Dives,
Charlie
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Post by red on Nov 2, 2015 13:58:05 GMT -8
Charlie- How the valves were torqued has got nothing to do with how competently the VIP inspection was done by that hydro facility. If the tanks you get back from a hydro facility are IN ANY WAY unacceptable to you, then you should not be using that facility for ANY WORK AT ALL. If they guy can't torque a valve, why expect that he can read a pressure gauge for the hydro itself?
The point is that the DOT mandates a VIP as the very first part of the hydro process. Either you accept the whole process was done correctly--or you should be reporting the dangerous condition and having the facility de-certified.
And of course that ignores the cylinders that "need cleaning" from time to time, Because they fail a VIP at a scuba shop, when the only source of contamination was....the air from one of their fellow scuba shops.
Next would you tell me why the DOT knows that every plus-rated cylinder can be plus-rated again and again, but "every" scuba shop says that's illegal and totally impossible? You think, maybe there are as many scuba ships that are as incompetent, and dangerously incompetent, as there are hydro shops?
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