Dry_Diver
Contributor
Hello,
I have been thinking for a long time now about the pros and cons about buying my own compressor for filling tanks. I do what I think is a fair amount of diving. I have been diving for a little over two years now and have logged over 200 dives. I dont really know the number over that, my log book is full and I have not bought another set of log sheets for it. I would think that the cost associated with buying your own would depend on just how many tanks I would pay to get filled compaired to the cost of maintaining a compressor to fill myself. If I take the average of 100 dives per year and then add to that the fact that my girlfriend will do around 30-40 dives with me per year. Her son will add another 10-20 to that. I come up with 160 fills at the regular price of $8.00 each (HP) That is $1280.00 in one year for fills based on an average.
Anyways, back to the questions....
1. What should I pay for a good compressor? I don't want the bottom of the line, this is my life I will be trusting to it. But I also don't want to refinance my house to buy on either.
2. What type of maintenance costs are there?
3. I have worked as a millwright in the past, did it for four years. Is the serviceing something that I can/should do myself?
If there are any other factors that I have not concidered and I suspect that there are, please feel free to point them out.
Any help is appreciated.
I have been thinking for a long time now about the pros and cons about buying my own compressor for filling tanks. I do what I think is a fair amount of diving. I have been diving for a little over two years now and have logged over 200 dives. I dont really know the number over that, my log book is full and I have not bought another set of log sheets for it. I would think that the cost associated with buying your own would depend on just how many tanks I would pay to get filled compaired to the cost of maintaining a compressor to fill myself. If I take the average of 100 dives per year and then add to that the fact that my girlfriend will do around 30-40 dives with me per year. Her son will add another 10-20 to that. I come up with 160 fills at the regular price of $8.00 each (HP) That is $1280.00 in one year for fills based on an average.
Anyways, back to the questions....
1. What should I pay for a good compressor? I don't want the bottom of the line, this is my life I will be trusting to it. But I also don't want to refinance my house to buy on either.
2. What type of maintenance costs are there?
3. I have worked as a millwright in the past, did it for four years. Is the serviceing something that I can/should do myself?
If there are any other factors that I have not concidered and I suspect that there are, please feel free to point them out.
Any help is appreciated.