CA tank life
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Topic: CA tank life
Posted By: JBugman
Subject: CA tank life
Date Posted: 30 September 2005 at 8:52pm
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Gentlemen Someone mentioned to me that alot of my CA tanks are waaay over the date stamped on the bottles. What does this datestamp mean and does it have anything to do with the safety of my bottles? thx Scott ------------- Speak to the Tippmann 'cause the face is tired of listening. |
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Posted By: rossy11223
Date Posted: 01 October 2005 at 11:36am
| The date stamped is when you should use the tank before. It is like an expiration date. After the date, you have to get them rehydroed for saftey. This costs about $30. |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 01 October 2005 at 12:24pm
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Most Dive shops can Hydro. all you have to do is take your tank up to the shop, and they will do it for you. ------------- 
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Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 01 October 2005 at 1:16pm
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well if you have dates stamped, then that means you have steel tanks.
All steel tanks over 2 inches in diameter need to be hydrotested every
5 years. This includes CO2 tanks.
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Posted By: clownshooter
Date Posted: 02 October 2005 at 11:11pm
| I sent mine to these guys and had them Hydro tested. Cost about $15 each. http://www.phti.net/hydrostatic_dot.htm - http://www.phti.net/hydrostatic_dot.htm |
Posted By: RedLion56
Date Posted: 03 October 2005 at 12:59pm
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what happens if you don't rehydrotest co2 tanks ------------- A5 12"Bigshot Pure energy 20ozCo2x2/AntiSyphon 32 degrees Black X_chamber Pen spring mod Polished Internals |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 03 October 2005 at 1:08pm
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nothing. Most shops dont check the hydros of CO2 anyway. Its cheaper most of the time to just buy a new CO2 tank than to ship them out to get hydroed. -------------
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Posted By: GRRWingNut
Date Posted: 03 October 2005 at 5:26pm
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Yeah, for Co2, it's probably cheaper to just buy a new tank. Rehydro-ing is simply a way to test the structural integrity of a CA tank, to make sure that the tank body can still handle the pressure of normal useage. All tanks must go through this, or field owners and fill stations may not fill them for you-if they care about safety and thier customers, that is. jj ------------- A5RT Specops A5A2 kit Soon a Flatline with UMS shroud, and Specops F.O.G. grip |
Posted By: Unicorn
Date Posted: 03 October 2005 at 11:34pm
Yeah, nothing other than the safety risk of having a tank fail right next to your face. Think about a tank full of CO2 having a major leak. If you were lucky, you wouldn't get any freezing cold CO2 into your eyes, but frostbite anywhere on your neck would pretty much suck. |
Snake6 wrote:Posted By: RedLion56
Date Posted: 04 October 2005 at 1:23pm
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so what you are saying is that over time the tank gets weaker ? ------------- A5 12"Bigshot Pure energy 20ozCo2x2/AntiSyphon 32 degrees Black X_chamber Pen spring mod Polished Internals |
Posted By: duffer1497
Date Posted: 06 October 2005 at 2:24pm
| they can get weaker but rust can form inside the tank and we all know what rust doese.if you are doughting your tank get a new one. You can take it to your local dive shop they will treat it like a scuba tank and pressure test it and give it a vissual test to see if any defects are there. If you dont wanna do that empty out the air and toss it in the trash $20.00 will get you a new 20oz |
Posted By: Bruce A. Frank
Date Posted: 13 October 2005 at 1:42am
In a way. When the tank is hydrostatically tested they remove the valve and pressurize the tank well above the intended operating pressure. They carefully check the tank diameter before pressurizing and then again when it is taken to the specified over-pressure level. The change in tank diameter tells them how much life remains. As the tanks get filled time and time again the expansion and contraction eventually causes loss of elasticity. If a tank continues to be used beyond its measured elastic limits it may eventually blow up. The effect is like bending a steel wire back and forth. It eventually snaps in two. |
Posted By: RedLion56
Date Posted: 30 December 2005 at 8:26am
Great explanation Bruce  ------------- A5 12"Bigshot Pure energy 20ozCo2x2/AntiSyphon 32 degrees Black X_chamber Pen spring mod Polished Internals |
Posted By: Bushyboy0404
Date Posted: 31 December 2005 at 11:01am
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hit the nail on the head with that 1 ------------- 02 cocker-sold ion max flo progressive clamping feedneck 47/3k tank revvy |