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I'm pretty sure that Transport Canada requires burst disks as well. How can you tell if a disk has been plugged with shim? Wouldn't it look the same? ss ----- Original Message ----- From: Wendell Grogan <wgrogan@dc*.ne*> To: Steve Schultz <se2schul@st*.ma*.uw*.ca*> Cc: <quest@gu*.co*>; <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 9:26 AM Subject: Re: So I got home and my tanks were empty... > Plugging the disks can get you thrown out of many shops if you try to > get fills when traveling. A know that many people double the disks. > This has the same effect as plugging, but it still looks like you have > the proper burst disks. > As far as I know, only Uncle (granny?) Sam requires these things. They > are a hold over from the old tank valve configurations and, as pointed > out by Trey, they are nothing more than another failure point in the era > of O-rings. > Wendell > > Steve Schultz wrote: > > > > Thanks. > > > > Just a little survey: > > How many tank neck orings have you guys blown, and what were the suspected > > reasons? This was my first. > > > > What about the noise this would've made? I wasn't around to hear them go. > > How long would it have taken the air to escape? > > > > I'm still a little apprehensive about plugging the disks. I've never seen > > one blow, and no one I know around here has plugged them. > > > > ss > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Trey <trey@ne*.co*> > > To: Steve Schultz <se2schul@st*.ma*.uw*.ca*>; <quest@gu*.co*>; > > <techdiver@aquanaut.com> > > Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 9:41 PM > > Subject: RE: So I got home and my tanks were empty... > > > > > They got too hot and blew it out - that is why burst disks are for > > morons - > > > the ring goes. > > > > -- > 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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