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On Sun, 5 Dec 1999, Cam Banks wrote: > I now have a set of Faber double "80's". Low pressure steel, 2650 > psig with +. > > Does anyone know what tanks these actually are, so I can calculate my > buoyancy requirements? Looking at the tank chart on nitroxdiver.com, I > would guess they are Faber 75.8's or something like that, but would like to > know for sure. All of the Faber LP steels are near neutral when empty. That's all you really need to know. A difference of 5 or 10 cubic feet of gas when full won't affect your lift requirements enought to worry about - less than one pound for 10cf. > And, what the hell are OMS 85's? You can bet OMS doesn't make their > own steel tanks. I've heard rumors that the OMS 85's are the same as > Faber 80's. Comments? Thanks. Yes, all OMS cylinders are made by Faber. The 85 is unique, in that no other US distributor has them. OMS may well have an exclusive arrangement with Faber on these. That are NOT the same as the 80s. They are longer and thinner, almost the same size as an AL80. My wife dives a pair of these. They're very, very nice cylinders for ocean diving. -- Art Greenberg artg@ec*.ne* -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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