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Just a couple of questions on IANTD deco bottleing standards, > Now on deco bottles they must be labeled per IANTD standards > This is direct from our standards >=20 > D. LABELING EANx (GREATER THAN 40%) AND OXYGEN (GREATER THAN 91%) MIXTUR= ES >=20 > 1. Cylinders containing oxygen levels of 91% or greater must be painted > either green or white, or have a 10 inches (25 centimeters) long by 4 inc= hes > (10 centimeters) wide green adhesive band decal with the word =93OXYGEN= =94 > clearly and prominently printed in white on it. IANTD has waterproof Oxyg= en > Cylinder Decals available for order. > 2. Cylinders should not be painted in common sport diving colors such as > black or red as underwater these are hard to read the oxygen label. Is this US specific, or intended to be applied world wide. The reason I ask, is that O2 bottles in Japan, are required by law, to be painted BLACK. That violates 1 & 2 above. Of course, when law and standards come into conflaict, the law is the final athority. The problem is, however, what use is there for the standards then? Again, in Japan, tanks containing CO2 are required to be painted GREEN. My point is that standards in colors for tanks seems to be a very regional thing, with little meaning outside of that region. =20 > 3. Regulators used with tanks containing high levels of oxygen must also > have green or white second stage covers and/or hose wraps or other means = of > identification as oxygen service regulators, leading to the second stage. > Alternatively, the second stage purge buttons may be green or white. Really? Regards,=20 Andrew Drapp PS: Tom, why are you not responding to my emails? I have sent 4 or 5 messages to you on IANTD standards and other questions. Since I am paying you dues, can you at least give me an email address where someone will respond to me? -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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