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I can't tell which way Ken is fishing here, so I'll step up and pet the
pony to get the ball rolling :-)

> I figured the subject line would draw attention; this is a serious 
> question.
> 
> After reading this "to put air in my O2 clean tanks/to not put air in 
> my O2 clean tanks" I have a question.

In the voice of Marvin the Martian (aka brushhead) "Where's the kaboom,
there's supposed to be an earth shattering kaboom"...

> How many people have heard of, seen, read an article about, knew a guy
> who had his SCUBA tanks explode when mixing nitrox because they 
> had air put in them after they had been O2 cleaned?

I for one never have, with my experience being certified nitrox
for 6 months and hanging out on many of the net scuba forums for
several years.  I have heard people relate stories of accidents
in home-brewing, but I have personally never heard of any problem
occurring in a shop.  All this being said (that I personally
have not heard of a story which would cause caution to be used)
I do err on the side of caution b/c I simply don't have a good
personal feel for how/not explosive O2 is.

There's answer number one.... next?

Mike

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