I can't believe that ISO stands for the International Standards Organization, could however. The V stands for volume and then the 10 for 10 liters. Druckluft translates to Air pressure TG stands for Bottle I'm not sure about the 300, if the screw is not standard ?, because the 200 Bar is definately the allowed pressure. But Richard is correct, no manufacturer. Doesn't say Farber or anything ? scotter //--- forwarded letter ------------------------------------------------------- > X-Mailer: Mail*Link PT/Internet 1.6.0 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Date: Thu, 29 Feb 96 06:24:16 -0600 > From: "Richard Wackerbarth" <rkw@da*.ne*> > To: "cavers@ge*.co*" <cavers@ge*.co*>, > "techdiver@terra.net" <techdiver@terra.net>, > "Wreck Diver" <bakken@st*.te*.co*> > Cc: "bakken@st*.te*.co*" <bakken@st*.te*.co*> > Subject: Re: European Tanks > > On 2/29/96 at 3:32:50 AM Wreck Diver wrote: > > > I picked up a couple of used European tanks here in The States, and am > > looking for some information about them. The markings on the tanks are as > > follows: > > > M25X2 ISO 880 V 10.0 300 10.92 Druckluft-TG 200 Bar > > > They are about 16.5cm in diameter, and about 57cm tall. The valve threads > > appear to be standard 3/4 inch, but are not. The diameter is about the > > same (1.9cm), but the threads are different. > > These tanks are dangerous to have in this country. There has already been at > least one serious accident caused by "appear to be standard 3/4 inch, but are > not". > > Having the wrong valve literally explode from the tank is far from funny. > > Richard Wackerbarth > rkw@da*.ne* > > Sent with a test-drive version of CTM PowerMail 1.0.6 <http://www.ctm.ch> > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. > Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. >
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