"accidentally" overfilled LP tank - Replace Burst Disc?

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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.

the shop “gone through some kind of disaster” for a single burst disk failure?
 
the shop “gone through some kind of disaster” for a single burst disk failure?
You'd be surprised.
 
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.
I cringe at the thought...



That you were getting a trimix fill.
 
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 t
Doubtful. With the volume of tourist divers coming through cave country with their own tanks. Burst discs are a weekly if not daily occurrence.
While annoying, it happens a lot.
 

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