> Rich, you obviously haven't done much diving, otherwise you'd see how
> ridiculous your statement is.  Let me give you a scenario.  I go to
> have my tank VIP'd and O2 cleaned and stickered.  The next day, I
> take it on a boat with a dirty compressor and have them blow the
> whole tank full of oil.  The following day I go to have it filled
> with pure O2, and I ask them to boost it to 3000 psi.  The tank has a
> nice sticker, so it must be ok to do so.  Sheesh.

You are completely right I obviusly haven't done much diving, today! But I
wouldn't do anything as jackass as what you just suggested. I would never
get an "air" fill (dirty air or a fill from an unknown source) and then go
blow O2 on top of it.


> The stickers don't mean squat.   I've looked inside tanks that were
> being disassembled to be put into a set of doubles, which had all the
> right "stickers" on them.  One of the tanks looked so bad on the
> inside that they were wondering if it was worth the money to tumble
> it, or if the tanks should just be condemned!  Stickers indeed....

You are absolutely right stickers don't mean shit - when on tanks by owned
by someone who doesn't give a shit.

Safe diving
Rich Gulley



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