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I want to offer the following in corroboration (and minor amplification) of 
the recent posting by Rick Williams. 

My local dive shop received a FAX on Monday, June 27 warning of a problem 
with aluminum tanks manufactured by Luxfer in 1982 and 1983.  It seems that 
the tanks are likely to develop cracks in the neck around the valve. Luxfer 
manufactures the vast majority of aluminum tanks sold in the United States 
under all brand names.  They are easily identifiable because Luxfer stamps 
their name on the tank and the date can be identified by the initial test 
date stamp.  All the necessary information is therefore stamped on the top 
of the tank.  The warning applies to all sizes of aluminum tanks, but only 
those manufactured in the two years mentioned.    Until further information 
becomes available,  it would be highly inadvisable to fill one of these 
tanks.  

Bruce Gerhard 

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