Have you ever dove with a bomb ? (6351 Alloy Tanks)

[bullfrog]

Hey Mike, everyone seems to have forgotten but Bill Reneker had a lady killed in his shop about 3-5 years ago filling an alum tank of the old alloy. You should be able to find the thread here somewhere. about july 03, maybe 04

[Sludge]

filling an alum tank of the old alloy

That's not correct. She dropped an aluminum cylinder (filled with 100% oxygen) on the concrete, valve-first.

[Diverlee]

I hate to admit that I actually owned and drove a '73 Pinto (I could be off on the exact year) at one time. If y'all remember there was a pretty serious recall on these "bombs". I could fill'er up on Monday and after driving all week, still have enough for a sizable explosion.

I owned and drove a 1971 Pinto for 10 yrs. Would have been longer but someone ran a red light and hit me. I was devistated at the time.

[Diverlee]

I had a pair as doubles, I loved them for ocean solo dives. They sat for a year full to 3300, normal for S.Fla. I used them on a dive. Before Fill express would refill Mark did a VIP. WELL.... each one had 5-6 crackes mostly where they curved at the top. So a friend cut off the top on one of them which Mark uses as a teaching tool and Ricky uses in the shop to hold valves when he workes on them. The bottom is in my kitchen with fake flowers.

[Angie Reim]

That's not correct. She dropped an aluminum cylinder (filled with 100% oxygen) on the concrete, valve-first.

Even so. it was not worth the money saved 'just' in case the alloy was NOT the problem. This is one of those cases that being cheap is penny wise but dollar foolish. I've purged my stock. Why bother with something that is so easily and cheaply corrected. We all KNOW that we pay far more for other necessities associated with this type of diving. It's comparatively nothing to replace the questionable tanks. Get over it. Move on.

[TommyB]

Current thread over at scubatoys - the OP *****ing about someone not filling his tanks

http://forum.scubatoys.com/complaint...ill-tanks.html
I know larry refuses to fill these tanks at his shop

[curtschu]

The going price for AL80s is $115-$150 What is you or the your shop worth. Dive Station in Orlando had one go overnight and took out a wall and other stuff. Salvage on an old tank is about $15-$18 and no one gets hurt.

[Chami20081]

Excellent points. Thank you.

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[Gary]

We got rid of ours after the incident at Rennaker's. We probably would have done so earlier but that was the first time the details on the alloy and it's faults came to light and I read some documentation on it.

VIP+ was invented because of those tanks / alloy. It is a requirement to keep them in service. Other Aluminum tanks VIP+ is a good idea but not required (if I understand correctly).

I wouldn't blame someone for refusing to fill ANY tank they had doubts about. That should include any of those old tanks IMO. I wouldn't want to fill them myself and I wouldn't ask anyone else to either. It's not worth the risk and replacement is cheap.

[FW]

Too bad this thread was so late getting started. Luxfer had a recall on the older tanks a few years ago, and was taking them in exchange for new tanks for only $50. That included a DIN valve with "donut". Heck, the valve was worth almost $50!

FWIW, I replaced all four of my stages at that time.