I've never had any positive reading at all with my Sensorcon, other when blowing in it (2-4ppm) or when analyzing the exhaust fumes of Jon Dotterers Diesel truck (the analyzer tilted at around 2000ppm, blinking and beeping).Originally Posted by victorzamora
Don't get complacent
For five years, I have been mostly diligently testing and getting zeros.
In Mexico this Memorial Day 2014 weekend, I had four tanks with numbers, three of them greater than 10. I rejected them, of course, but it just goes to show you that diligence is important.
Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
"If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?" ~Sydney J. Harris
Yup! Fills can be OK a thousand times in a row, but only one has to be wrong to kill you.
Mike
Last edited by MORGAN; 05-26-2014 at 06:19 PM.
This is exactly why I analyze every tank. Jax, good for you!
My question is what happened to the "bad" tanks? Did they just get handed to the next guy in the door?
Mark Vlahos
At 50 dives, I thought I had this diving thing figured out. At 100 dives, I realized how wrong I was at 50.
Cancer survivor since 2011.
Good question!
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Safe diving,
Sandy Robinson
The OP put them in under the table and pulled their caps. That set them up for checks later. Y'know, it could have been someone backing in while their compressor was running, even though it is clearly marked to not having running engines. Whatever, they will check them out and see if it is a compressor issue.
Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
"If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?" ~Sydney J. Harris
I recently bought a larger booster to replace the KISS baby booster I've used for years, but has struggled to get me over 2800 psi/185 bar. The one I got was a used Teledyne Sprague booster that I bought from one of my arch enemies who shall remain nameless (Dsix36). He said he had recently replaced the seals and I foolishly believed in his mechanical capabilities. After only a few hours of use, I noticed a small hissing sound when supply gas was conected to the booster, even when the drive side was not operating. Obviously a small leak on the supply gas side, but still should be able to be boosted. I was topping off my 3L oxygen bottle with this noisy, leaky booster and managed to get it up to 232 bar when I noticed a distinct smell of burning rubber. I shut down the booster and vowed to 1. rebuild it before using it again; and 2. burn down Don's house.
But I was bothered by the smell, and so I took out my trusty Analox EII CO tester from the fine folks at Dive Addicts. I almost never test gas I pump myself, but this time I got a reading of 7 ppm. So even though my mix analyzer showed 100% O2, the CO content was way too high for my comfort. I tested my dil cylinder and all my supply tanks and everything else came up clean. I am dumping the gas and the tank will be cleaned before being put back in service.
Lesson to all: Even if you pump your own gas and have tested it at the source, test it again once it is in the cylinder that will lead directly to your lungs. Test it for O2 and He, and don't forget to test it for CO. And remember that even a good friend might be trying to kill you.
Ken
The Tech Diver's Prayer: Oh Lord, if I should die, please don't let my wife sell my dive gear for what I told her I paid for it..
Has anyone used this tester?
"Inspector - Carbon Monoxide Tester"
Jeff Haley
Is this the Sensorcon Inspector/Analyser? If so, this CO meter has been talked about a lot. I'm very happy with mine.
Calibration may be an issue in some cases. The calibration on mine is now overdue, but it still reacts to CO as expected when bump-tested and shows 0 ppm when testing clean gas.
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