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I lost one off Grand Turk Island in 1972. Thank god I was only down 100
feet. In my opinion, burst disks are among the dumbest things mandated by
our government.
None of my tanks have them now. I will not place my well being on some
small bit of copper which may fail at the wrong moment. I can understand
their use for applications which don't involve users possibly drowning.
The Europeans seem to survive quite nicely without them as well.
Paul- -
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`6_ 6 ) `-. ( ).`-.__.`) Paul E. Pettennude, Ph.D.
(_Y_.)' ._ ) `._ `.``-..-' Maya Underwater Research Center
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At 05:25 PM 1/14/97 EST, John 015 wrote:
>>Posted on 14 Jan 1997 at 16:35:01 by Michael Doelle
>>RE: A Burst Monkee
>>From: Michael Doelle <100666.3700@Co*.CO*>
>
>>Pure curiosity: has anyone ever had a burst disk fail underwater?
>>Is it possible that a burst disk doesn't blow during filling, then
>>the tank gets really cold >in your trunk, then you jump in relatively
>>warm water .... and after a minute or so ... ?
>
>I've had one leak (barely) and one blow.
>There were no warnings/signs/symptoms in either case.
>
>John
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(_Y_.)' ._ ) `._ `.``-..-' Maya Underwater Research Center
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