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I'll look into the program and see how. I didn't see anything labeled as such, but I probably overlooked the PDE export option. I'd love to see a slicker more polished interface, and IMO releasing the code would achieve what everybody wants. There's a thousand programmers out there who'd be...

I think that's the key, what's bloatware to one isn't to another. There are features I consider to be useless, for example the ability to store photo's with the dive log. That's bloatware to me as is the Dive Op's name, Captain, etc. That's what the memo field is for. Look at a real paper...

You're not very persuasive in your defense. You don't understand how PDE works either, that much is apparent. When you mount a defense at least know what you're speaking about. You are the one who belittles, look at the above and tell me that's adult in nature. It's childish. This thread is...

I don't for a second believe that your impressive stats on posting gives you the right to belittle others and make fun of them. You have your opinion but you're a jerk when you make fun of others because you disagree with their idea for a program improvement. Other brands of software allow the...

I agree that the OP has a legitimate gripe, however minor it is. I don't find the interface that horrible, but for example the DAN bit would be a great addition. I don't think RA knows that DAN is doing PDE and if Oceanic would make their software compatible we could just email those logs to...

You are correct which is why I said legally it's not required. For diving purposes, the individual diver does not need to comply with the visual inspection process. He may never get it filled but it's not a legal requirement and he can do as he pleases.

The answer as to whether a vis is due or not is complex. It is due when it's due, a vis is not good for a year, day, or even hour. If you drop the cylinder on the way out the door after a vis it's now due again. If you dent it, it's due again. Anything that makes an inspector think something...

I have stripped some and mine were easy using the same strippers you did, but I have read recent threads asking if they changed the paint because they had a horrible time stripping the newer cylinders. Mine were older ones and stripped very easy, new ones, I've heard lots of people say it's not...

It's a class that is well worth taking. I enjoyed it at any rate, got a lot out of it.

Ahh, one of those looks crooked. Just kidding, very nice. Don't obscure any of the tank markings or it will fail a VIS, and some of the stamps for hydro barely dent the steel so pay close attention to that. Also, IMO talk to the main shop who'll be doing your fills, let them know how you're...

I've had the water freeze on my drysuit many times, typically I will get into a car to thaw out and then since my drysuit is a membrane suit it will pretty much dry up and not freeze up again. However, I'm always concerned about the regulator freezing in the process of swapping cylinders. Keep...

I kind of look at it as a situation where you don't want an O ring to blow and that means the best valve will be a DIN version. I prefer soft rubber knobs as well for many other reasons.

Yup, and that's the issue there. No stamps no tests. They never were supposed to by hydro'd in the first place. In my PSI inspection course they had one of them as an example of mistakes being made. It had numerous hydro stamps and VIS stickers on it, none of which should have been done...

You can greatly reduce the flash rust to about 0 if you blast it with an inert gas such as Nitrogen, or Argon (expensive though, but I have it on hand). If you use air you'll get an even coating of light flash that doesn't seem to get worse. I don't care for it for PP fills and make sure I...

I don't know much about Ospho, but I do know Phosphoric acid can safely be used in breathing cylinders. You're not leaving it in. The procedure is to use a weak solution which varies according to how much rust you have, then you use HOT water to rinse it. That will remove all traces of it...

I've never heard of it and I'm not sure it's a great idea either. Why did the dive shop replace the metal screw with a plastic one? What's the great part? We never discussed this in my VIS course I took so I'm at a loss as to why he'd do it.

You wanted a biased answer, well, I am biased because I dive steel cylinders and only use AL ones for pony/stage bottles. I think you did well. Seriously, there's only a couple instances where a steel cylinder might not work for you. Well, be optimum anyhow. Double steel cylinders with a...

I'd do what your shop said, fill pressures can get higher on your normal AL80's than 3000 psi and the valve won't go boom. I'd use it and bring it back later on and let them put the other valve in it, sounds like that's the plan.

Isn't it something like 7 psi per degree above normal. In this case rough numbers would say that's a 75 degree increase in temp or 525 psi more for 3535 psi in a 3000 psi cylinder. That's under the burst disk pressure. I'd say even 175 degree's would be safe, but to be honest I wouldn't leave...

Just be aware that if you paint your cylinder the inspector might just want to know "why" and "how" to insure it wasn't done to either hide or might have been weakened by the process. It's not bad to paint them, but you should be aware that questions may follow and the inspector has the right...