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John, you ask <<<As a NAUI technical instructor, what do you consider as >a standard tank marking.>>> Makes no difference that candidates can earn a NAUI cert card after sucessfully completing training -- what I want in tank markings are as follows. Tank color for back tanks most anything other than black Stage - metal, white or yellow anything else and the markings are hard to read. Back tanks need to have (for enriched air) 4 inch green band 1/2 inch below shoulder encircling tank with the words NITROX or Enriched Air Nitrox stencilled on them. Back Tanks for trimix -- need similar band either saying TRIMIX or CUSTOM MIX. Crown of these same tanks needs to have the mix and the MOD clearly marked in indelible ink. no crayons here -- specific tank content labels are also acceptable. Air tanks are to have no wraps (and yes air is still used for some things) but they are to have an AIR labels (get these from Grainger) Stage bottles - Oxygen --- minimum 2 inch high letters spelling out O X Y G E N running down the tank in proper orientation for the tank - on the left the O is at the top on the inside the Y is at the top -- plus a 20 MOD EAN -- see above plus - the MOD clearly stenciled on the tank in its proper orientation. Argon --- white or brown --clearly stenciled A R G O N -- Do Not Breathe Contents analysis labels with permanent marker on all tanks. As much as I had a minor problem with permanent markings on tanks I have decided that all my cylinders (I got a whole lot of them) are to be stripped and dedicated to specific gases. (This is the winter project) If I can find the time and support the expense of doing this to my cylinders so can anyone. (see now i am committed to doing this) Standardizing on tank markings is critical to diver safety. If you cant read the tank like a stop sign it's not marked. If it does not have an analysis on it -- its not mixed. If i dont know whats in it -- dump it and start over. None of us can afford to screw up on such a simple task as proper tank markings. John, hope this helps you. Joel Silverstein At 05:47 PM 11/22/1998 -0800, John Walker wrote: >Joel Silverstein wrote: > > The more people who >> begin to start using stack and standard tank markings and tank position the >> better we will be. > > Joel, thank you for your response. I do have a question that may >start a flerry. As a NAUI technical instructor, what do you consider as >a standard tank marking. > > John > Joel Silverstein Scuba Training + Travel Co. http://www.NitroxDiver.com -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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