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As others have said dive it and on the next fill swap it out with a 5K burst disc and then enjoy the proper fills.
"accidentally" overfilled LP tank - Replace Burst Disc?
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davecampbell
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I'd be taking them some doughnuts...
Beau Holden
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I like your shop. Give them a tip next time. Around where I live, I can get 3K fills easy enough. Cave country its 3.5K to 3.6K easy enough, all day every day
Eric Sedletzky
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What do you think would they fill 2250 steel 72’s to?
Just curious.
I remember my first fills in cave country. He asked, "32 or 36?" I assumed he meant Nitrox percentage so I said "36." When I checked the tank later it was just 31.8% and I was bummed out, but then I looked at my SPG! Holy crap!
A few years ago I was doing a deco dive with my double LP 108s in south Florida, and when I picked up my tanks, the guy who did the fills said he had detected a very slight leak from one of my burst disks, and he had fixed it. I didn't give it a lot of thought, assuming he had put a wrench to it and given it a bit of a snugging. The tanks were filled to normal rated pressure, as I expected.
A few weeks later I dropped the tanks off at Cave Adventurers in Marianna, Florida, and then left to take care of some errands. When I returned, the shop looked like it had gone through some kind of disaster. "What happened?" I asked. Well, it turns out the guy who "fixed" my burst disk in south Florida had replaced the high pressure one I had installed with a standard low pressure one.
I am sure the people who were at Cave Adventurers that day will remember that day for a very long time.
A few weeks later I dropped the tanks off at Cave Adventurers in Marianna, Florida, and then left to take care of some errands. When I returned, the shop looked like it had gone through some kind of disaster. "What happened?" I asked. Well, it turns out the guy who "fixed" my burst disk in south Florida had replaced the high pressure one I had installed with a standard low pressure one.
I am sure the people who were at Cave Adventurers that day will remember that day for a very long time.
Where I prefer to get my fills, I just tell them what I want.... and they usually don't even look at the stamping. I run my 72's at 3k even usually.
Beau Holden
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Most of the LDSs have the pressure regulator set around 3K to 3.2K for filling Al80s and they don't even think about the low pressure tanks being less. The only time I ever mention it is when I take my HP tanks in to get filled.
I have never had a burst disk blow. Up in Indiana, we would double disk the AL80s.
I have never had a burst disk blow. Up in Indiana, we would double disk the AL80s.
Lol lol lol
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