At 04:31 PM 2/23/99 -0500, Steve Boer wrote: >Havent you seen the whole discussions on here about removing the burst >disk assemblies before? Most of the time the tank neck o-ring will go >prior to the burst disk..this is not always the case as i've seen quite >a few burst disks go, but before the tank would reach a bursting point >I'm sure that the o-ring would go....just my $0.02 This is true, but in my case, the disk was corroded and weakened. It blew even though the tank was well within it's rated working pressure. In any case, I neglected to mention in my original post that I no longer have a burst disk... it was replaced with a plug after the incident and before I ever went in a cave. -Mike -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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