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Subject: Re: tight fills
From: ifzd321@mc*.cc*.ut*.ed* (Wackerbarth)
Cc: techdiver@opal.com
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 1994 19:02:32 -0600

>Does anyone know whether the Faber 95 and OMS 121 tanks can tolerate "tight
>fills" like the old 104s, or is it too soon to tell?

****** WARNING *********
The following is strictly hearsay. Do not place any reliance upon it.
I do not recommend filling tanks above their rated pressure.
Exceeding the rated pressure can be fatal.
*************************

According to the word we got from the Faber engineers, the OMS 121 is really
a better tank than the US rating indicates.  The lower rating was a result
of deliberate down rating to significantly improve the approval cycle.
They mentioned 400 cycles at 200bar.

--
Richard
****** WARNING *********
Do not fill tanks above their rated pressure.
*************************
(I have been known to carry 375cuft in only two tanks.
But I DO INSIST upon burst discs, designed for the intended
fill parameters)

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