3cf and 6cf bottles?

[teknitroxdiver]

Heaven forbid, but here lies another tank thread...

1. Is it possible to get the tanks that are used on StrokeAirs? Seems like the 3cf would make a nice inflation bottle.

2. Is it possible to get a 'pony size' tank (i.e., 3cf, 6cf, 13cf, etc) without a paint job? All I can find are flourescent yellow.

thanks again..

 

[Don Burke]

Heaven forbid, but here lies another tank thread...

1. Is it possible to get the tanks that are used on StrokeAirs? Seems like the 3cf would make a nice inflation bottle.

2. Is it possible to get a 'pony size' tank (i.e., 3cf, 6cf, 13cf, etc) without a paint job? All I can find are flourescent yellow.

thanks again..

The shop I go to sells SpareAir and I will get the info off the bottle so we can figure out who makes them.

It might be a proprietary size with an odd neck thread.

In any case, I have a 6cf and it is on the edge of being too small if the dive involves a lot of ascent and descent (as with a tall wreck). You may not be happy with 3cf.

Luxfer sells very few small bottles in colors other than black and yellow, so there are often none in the supply chain. I have never seen a 6cf in any color but yellow.

I know some people get together on an order to get a batch of white 30s or 40s made for deco bottles. My deco bottles are yellow.

 

[teknitroxdiver]

Hmm. Good point on the size. But it would probably be good for a square profile trimix dive. Of course, it would have to be refilled after each dive, which could negate any benifit...

I was reading a thread on another board about stripping the paint off of a tank, and it sounds like a fairly simple task to do, so that would probably be the way for me to go.

BTW, I'm pretty sure it's a Luxfer they use.

 

[Uncle Pug]

There's nothing wrong with a suit inflation bottle being yellow.... or even pink for that matter.

 

[Dryglove]

There's nothing wrong with a suit inflation bottle being yellow.... or even pink for that matter.

Yellow is ok but i have to disagree with pink. Some of us do have a image(may not be much of one ) to uphold and a pink inflation bottle definitely does not help matters any

 

[Uncle Pug]

What color is pink at 33 feet?

 

[teknitroxdiver]

What color is pink at 33 feet?

Icky color, but it's the trip on the boat that would matter!

 

[Dryglove]

Icky color, but it's the trip on the boat that would matter!

Gotta agree

 

[Curt Bowen]

Heaven forbid, but here lies another tank thread...

1. Is it possible to get the tanks that are used on StrokeAirs? Seems like the 3cf would make a nice inflation bottle.

2. Is it possible to get a 'pony size' tank (i.e., 3cf, 6cf, 13cf, etc) without a paint job? All I can find are flourescent yellow.

thanks again..

OMS sells a 3 liter or 18 cuft grey LP steel. I own 6 for my rebreather. And I get 5 hours off each bottle, no matter the depth.

 

[Dave in PA]

I have an aluminum Luxfer bottle that I use at work, It's 4 1/4" dia and 10 1/2" tall. It holds either 9 cu ft of Nitrogen or 2 1/2lbs CO2. I use it for HVAC work.