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Hallo Juergen,

well, I don't know the situation in Germany nor in Britain. Probably this
posting will
also only cause mild yawning to the experienced readers. 

You mentionned a special protective device for the valves. This doesn't at all
seem
rubbish to me. I know of several tanks (about 3 or 4) which went of like rockets
as the valve broke out of the cylider. In some of the cases, the cylinder was
carried
at the valce with only one hand, the valve opened a little bit. The person got
scared
by the sound, and dropped the cylinder. Through the air stream out of the
valve, the
cylinder turned and eventually the valve broke off. Then the cylinder went off
as
desribed. Result: a garrage door with glass and a couple of tiles. The small
pieces of
glass flew several meters. Fortunatly, noboby was hurt.

I read the article in a journal for fire brigades and was quite impressed. The
cylinders used by them, are usually 6 litres and 200 or 300 bars. The most
dangerous
are apparently 300 bar tanks.

I took that as an reminder to
- carry tanks only with 2 hands and not at the valve
- never leave a tank standing, allways lay it down
- the tank should be really transported that it can't roll with special care
for the
	valve. If you're driving a lot with your tanks, you could think about a
	case to keep the tanks secure.


Thanks for the bandwidth

Schoene Gruesse nach Darmstadt

noch ein 
juergen

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