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LrnToDive@ao*.co* wrote:
> and I have not heard of or seen one valve O-ring go, but if the
>factory installed bursk disk was in the tank at that time the burst disk
>would have ruptured.


I think the claim that the O-ring will let go refers mostly to instances of
fire, in which heat, not overpressure, is the activator. But then, fire
seems to be the main reason given for having burst disks.

I can only think of three possible scenarios where overpressure protection
would be desirable: fire, the near-apocryphal hot trunk, and accidental
overfilling. Of these, fire would seem to be the most likely. Am I missing
any?


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