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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_04C4_01C0E42A.2093F260 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have over 50 of the stainless steel DIN plugs you have referrenced = here and have been using them for years. I do not store or transport = tanks without them. They will save your gas if your tank valve = accidently gets bumped on during transport and they will save your valve = from becoming damaged. These stainless steel DIN plugs are some of the = best dive gear I own. Simple and very effective. Your comments about = these plugs are without merit. The plugs are a solution to a real = problem. If it is not fully seated and the valve is turned on you will = only loose a small amount of gas as the plugs prevent full scale flow. = If only a few threads are engaged it is no different that the bleader on = a fill whip. The bleader doesn't go flying out of the fill whip, now = does it? If the valve is turned on and you try to take the plug out, it = simply won't. You must turn the valve off and use a large crescent = wrench to remove the plug. After a couple of turns the pressure bleeds = and the plug can be removed by hand. Rick From: <ScottBonis@ao*.co*>=08 Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 01:05:57 EDT Subject: Stainless steel DIN plugs Hi Guys, I came across this "new fangled" product, a stainless steel plug to go = in a=20 FULL scuba tank's DIN valve. But I'm not so sure that it's not simply a = real=20 problem just waiting to happen. <A = HREF=3D"http://www.cavediver.com/gulftex/">http://www.cavediver.com/gulft= ex/ </A> =20 Click on the symbol for the New DIN plugs. What if only a few threads are engaged and the tank is accidentally = turned=20 on? Seems like we might have a flying SS DIN plug taking out whatever = was in=20 its path. And it seems even worse if somebody accidentally opens and = doesn't=20 completely close the valve and then some (now let's take our hats off, = stand=20 straight, look concerned and consider this seriously) idiotic shop = monkey=20 gets a real long handled wrench to take the plug out ..... =20 Unbe-f**kin'-lievable ------=_NextPart_000_04C4_01C0E42A.2093F260 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dwindows-1252"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I have over 50 of the stainless steel DIN plugs you = have=20 referrenced here and have been using them for years. I do not store or = transport=20 tanks without them. They will save your gas if your tank valve = accidently gets=20 bumped on during transport and they will save your valve from = becoming=20 damaged. These stainless steel DIN plugs are some of the best dive gear = I own.=20 Simple and very effective. Your comments about these plugs are = without=20 merit. The plugs are a solution to a real problem. If it is not fully = seated and=20 the valve is turned on you will only loose a small amount of gas as the = plugs=20 prevent full scale flow. If only a few threads are engaged it is no = different=20 that the bleader on a fill whip. The bleader doesn't go flying out of = the fill=20 whip, now does it? If the valve is turned on and you try to take the = plug out,=20 it simply won't. You must turn the valve off and use a large crescent = wrench to=20 remove the plug. After a couple of turns the pressure bleeds and the = plug can be=20 removed by hand.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Rick</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG>From:</STRONG> <A=20 href=3D"mailto:ScottBonis@ao*.co*"><ScottBonis@aol.com>=08</A><BR>&l t;= B>Date:</B>=20 Thu, 24 May 2001 01:05:57 EDT<BR><B>Subject:</B> Stainless steel DIN=20 plugs<BR></DIV><PRE>Hi Guys, I came across this "new fangled" product, a stainless steel plug to go = in a=20 FULL scuba tank's DIN valve. But I'm not so sure that it's not simply a = real=20 problem just waiting to happen. <A = HREF=3D"http://www.cavediver.com/gulftex/">http://www.cavediver.com/gu= lftex/ </A> =20 Click on the symbol for the New DIN plugs. What if only a few threads are engaged and the tank is accidentally = turned=20 on? Seems like we might have a flying SS DIN plug taking out whatever = was in=20 its path. And it seems even worse if somebody accidentally opens and = doesn't=20 completely close the valve and then some (now let's take our hats off, = stand=20 straight, look concerned and consider this seriously) idiotic shop = monkey=20 gets a real long handled wrench to take the plug out ..... =20 Unbe-f**kin'-lievable </PRE> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT><BR><BR> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_04C4_01C0E42A.2093F260-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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