Beuchat Tanks, bigguns 12 liter, 127 cuft

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02-23-2016 02:37 PM
tj

Beuchat Tanks, bigguns 12 liter, 127 cuft

I don't ever remember seeing any of these tanks in cave country or south Florida, but they showed up at my steps this week.

Looks like they were born June 1993, I did the hydro and VIP this weekend, so they are clean and ready to be used. They have a max fill of 2900 printed on the tank and some odd valves.

Very heavy; scale says 64 lbs (full of air)

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02-23-2016 03:21 PM
SlowDiver

I remember seeing that type tank in Divers Supply at Macon in the 90's. Very Heavy. [emoji963]

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02-23-2016 04:43 PM
FW

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Originally Posted by tj

I don't ever remember seeing any of these tanks in cave country or south Florida, but they showed up at my steps this week.

Looks like they were born June 1993, I did the hydro and VIP this weekend, so they are clean and ready to be used. They have a max fill of 2900 printed on the tank and some odd valves.

Very heavy; scale says 64 lbs (full of air)

Something not right about the numbers. 85s are 12 liters. 127s should be closer to 17 liters.
02-23-2016 05:04 PM
bamafan

I have heard about these and as stated heavy. I thought lp 120's were 19 L. At least my German buddy told me that.
02-23-2016 05:19 PM
jlillest

The tank has "140" printed on it below the Beauchat logo. If we assume that means it can hold 140 cubic feets of gas, then back of the envelope math says that's about 20 liters (at about 200bar).

We'll only really know if we can convince TJ to pull the valve and pour a liter of water at a time. What say you TJ?

Are you a gas cylinder pawn shop now? You're finding some weird tanks lately.

-Jon
02-23-2016 06:30 PM
Pullnglide

We had some in the shop last year for vis and hydro. The guy diving them was about 6'9" and 350lbs. They are monster tanks!
02-23-2016 06:51 PM
Daedalus

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Originally Posted by Pullnglide

We had some in the shop last year for vis and hydro. The guy diving them was about 6'9" and 350lbs. They are monster tanks!

Probably 6'11" before he started diving them.

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02-23-2016 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Daedalus

Probably 6'11" before he started diving them.

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:-D
02-23-2016 09:19 PM
tj

They got a 12L stamp on it from the mfg. Must mean something else. Jon, I'm just trying to find you more sump tanks. :)
02-23-2016 09:23 PM
tj

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Originally Posted by jlillest

Are you a gas cylinder pawn shop now? You're finding some weird tanks lately.-Jon

Aren't all dive shops? They actually belong to Mike Young, who own's Mike's Pawn shop down the road.