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The problem is that you are dealing with the wrong dive shop. "Technically" dive shops consider a completely empty tank to have invalidated the VIP. Probably a holdover from the old steel 72 tanks that could rust quickly if a little salt water got in (quite possible if the tanks were breathed completely to empty in the ocean). Personally I would not allow the local dive shop to take my doubles apart to "inspect" them or let them "inspect" my Al tanks (which they probably want to charge you for, right?). If you don't have any other dive shops to go to in your area then buy or build a fill whip and put a few hundred psi of air into any tanks before you take them to the idiots at the dive shop for a fill. Regarding assembly of a set of doubles, it is not rocket science. I assume you have noticed that the different sides of the manifold have different threads so the isolator bar has to match its threads with the proper valve or it will not screw together. Other than that, find a flat floor, make sure the tanks are exactly side by side, don't force anything to fit or screw together. If you are reasonably competent (mechanically) you should not have any problems. At 09:24 PM 2/29/00 +0000, you wrote: > >Is there a prefered method or a site that explains how to assemble doubles >(with a Sea Elite manifold) or is it as obvious as it seems? Since, when I >bring my empty, assembled doubls to get filled the dive shop guys will >inevitably take em apart to inspect them are there any issues I should be >concerned about? > >-ben > >ps: What's up with forcing inspections on empty aluminum tanks. The >miniscule amount of moisture that will get into your tank because it was >emptied on land will be the same amount that gets in when they inspect the >tank. Am I missing some sound logic here? And - is moisture really that >big of a deal with aluminum tanks anyway? >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.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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