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Interesting law about upright. I suppose we're all supposed to get racks and bungee cords like a dive truck to be legal. Or buy a dive truck.
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In the UK there is no legal requirement for labels fastening down etc when carrying small quantities of compressed air for personal use. Having said that it is advised that cylinders be carried on a properly mounted frame, not in the passenger compartment and secured so they do not come loose with an acceleration of (from memory) 18 g. The long term cost to you or your insurance premium of having a tank in the passenger compartment cause long term head injury in a crash could be horrendous.
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What do you mean by the passenger compartment?--like, must be in a separate trunk? That may cause heat problems if no AC gets in there and your in a hot climate. What about vans--in the rear, middle, not the front (passenger seat area). I do the latter often and just make sure it can't move anywhere.
IIRC, the law for transporting tanks upright and secured is a national law in the states. I know we always had to transport our welding gasses in that manner.
Now does anyone actually do that with scuba tanks? I have never seen anyone that does from my experience but securing them so they don't roll around is a darn good idea.
Now does anyone actually do that with scuba tanks? I have never seen anyone that does from my experience but securing them so they don't roll around is a darn good idea.
I think you are talking commercial vs recreational. The law you state probably is for commercial xportation and legally NA to rec diverswith less than a specified quantity of tanks.
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I wouldn't think that driving around with tanks in the closed trunk of a car in Miami would be a great idea. It the gas pressure in the tank goes up the hotter the tank and subjecting the tank to those higher temps constantly does not seem like a good idea. I have never seen it happen, but I know down south people get pretty enthusiastic with filling tanks and an overfilled tank in the back of a hot car could put a damper on your day. Besides, how are your going to get a good fill on a tank if you need to wear oven mitts to get them out. Personally, in the summer I avoid leaving tanks in the car as much as possible and put a blanket over them to insulate them from the hot air of the trunk. Just the having the burst disk failing while driving would probably be pretty bad.
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ermaclob
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In my early days of diving fresh out of high school i didn't even think securing the tanks so that they never moved. i just threw them into my poopmobile like so...
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Needless to say this defiantly not the best way to avoid any accidents. nowadays i stand the tanks upright in the rear passenger foot space of of my suv and wedge them in place by lowering the rear seat forward. they cant tumble move side to side,etc. good enough unless in a roll over or something and if that ever happen "let the bodies hit the floor"
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Needless to say this defiantly not the best way to avoid any accidents. nowadays i stand the tanks upright in the rear passenger foot space of of my suv and wedge them in place by lowering the rear seat forward. they cant tumble move side to side,etc. good enough unless in a roll over or something and if that ever happen "let the bodies hit the floor"
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