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Tom, I think whoever told you that the hot dip galvanizing process would limit the service life of a steel is either misinformed, pulling your leg or smoking something he ain't sharing! Hot dipped galvanized steel 72's have been around longer than I have been diving (1962) and are still in use today. I have several that date to the early 60's and have recently passed hydro. For all practical purposes they will last longer than the diver! OMS claims 10,000 cycles to hydro pressure (4000 psi) which means they would last 27.4 years at a rate of 1 dive a day, every day (you can take the extra day in leap year off). Of course this may be a clever marketing ploy to imply that regardless of what they say officially, it's ok to overfill their tanks. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: Thomas A. Easop <tomeasop@mi*.co*> To: Tech Diver <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2000 1:10 AM Subject: Re: OMS vs. PST > OMS's tanks are made by Faber to OMS specs, and some of the older ones say Faber > on them. Most of the newer ones say OCEAN MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. The differences are > many. They are not the same tank. Also, PST are hot dipped galvanized, not OMS > which are spray galvanized. I've heard that the hot dip process will weaken the > metal, shortening the service life of the tank. They do seem to scuff and scrape > a bit easier than the PST or Genisis but as stated elsewhere they clean up easy > enough and do not effect the use. > > CaptnDale@ao*.co* wrote: > > > Every OMS tank I've ever seen was conspicuously stamped "FABER". > > > > In a message dated 3/17/00 2:06:32 PM Central Standard Time, scottk@hc*.co* > > writes: > > > > << > Now, it may just be my imagination, but I think the > > > paint on Faber tanks holds up better than OMS. Is it > > > the same paint job? Anybody know? > > > > The OMS tanks are hot dip galvanized. Fabers are powder coated (I think....) > > and the coating seems to be very durable. I have been abusing mine for > > better than 6 months now, and I am still no through the primer coat. >> > > -- > > 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'. > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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