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[sauer 2]

hiya guys

 

ive been diving for over 15 years now....older bottles were 207bar rated

 

for some years the standard has been 232bar cylinders

 

and last few years or so you can get 300 bar cylinders now if you get a 300 bar cylinder then the traditonal "A-clamp" fitting will not suffice as it is rated only for 232bar you may use it and get away with it for a little while but eventually summit nasty going to happen.... it has to be DIN type fitting

dont ever f*ck with high pressure we are talking 3000PSI here your car tyre is only roughly 30 PSI!!!!! to put things into prespective

 

i see too many folks not treating these cylinders with enuff respect they are potential bombs!!!!!

 

 

make sure you get one that is "in-test" otherwise a lot of diving shops will not fill it for you.

 

now.... just because you have a 232bar cylinder doesnt mean it will have 232 bar in it.....some centers are known to whack gas in and it will be around 230 bar when first filled and cylinder will be hot but once cooled down you may only have 200 bar!!!!!

 

make sure you have a shop or center that will give you a decent fill

a lot of my cylinders are 232 bar ....that is working pressure but they are tested higher....my cylinders regularly 232 bar but filled to 245 or so

 

its not a major problem......unless your dive shop center is hot filling and you aint getting what you need!!!!!!

 

 

sauer

Edited September 28, 2008 by sauer

[deanflute 550]

hiya guys

 

ive been diving for over 15 years now....older bottles were 207bar rated

 

for some years the standard has been 232bar cylinders

 

and last few years or so you can get 300 bar cylinders now if you get a 300 bar cylinder then the traditonal "A-clamp" fitting will not suffice as it is rated only for 232bar you may use it and get away with it for a little while but eventually summit nasty going to happen.... it has to be DIN type fitting

dont ever f*ck with high pressure we are talking 3000PSI here your car tyre is only roughly 30 PSI!!!!! to put things into prespective

 

i see too many folks not treating these cylinders with enuff respect they are potential bombs!!!!!

 

 

make sure you get one that is "in-test" otherwise a lot of diving shops will not fill it for you.

 

now.... just because you have a 232bar cylinder doesnt mean it will have 232 bar in it.....some centers are known to whack gas in and it will be around 230 bar when first filled and cylinder will be hot but once cooled down you may only have 200 bar!!!!!

 

make sure you have a shop or center that will give you a decent fill

a lot of my cylinders are 232 bar ....that is working pressure but they are tested higher....my cylinders regularly 232 bar but filled to 245 or so

 

its not a major problem......unless your dive shop center is hot filling and you aint getting what you need!!!!!!

 

 

sauer

 

 

thanks for that write up!....got any spares??