Air in a nitrox tank?

[THRILLSEEKER]

Maybe my posts are a little misleading. I am looking at buying a used tank that has been used with Nitrox and is covered with the stickers. If I buy it I will be using for air and nothing else, I dont use Nitrox and dont have any intentions of ever using it.

 

[Ken abucs]

No problem, rip the stickers off and go diving.

Sorry for the hijack.

 

[THRILLSEEKER]

No prob, thanks for all the responses.

 

[Randy43068]

Ken is right, take 'em off, have a look inside and use it as you will. Nothing special about it except that it "should" be clean enough to accept oxygen.

 

[Randy43068]

You'll probably need a bottle of goo-gone to get all the sticky crap off of the cylinder, too.

 

[Teamcasa]

Looking at buying a good used AL80 that has been used with nitrox. I dont dive on nitrox, is there any problem with using air in a tank that has previously been filled with nitrox? Assuming that you remove all the nitrox labels.

Yep, just pull the stickers, fill with air and dive.

 

[ronbeau]

Maybe my posts are a little misleading. I am looking at buying a used tank that has been used with NITROX and is covered with the stickers. If I buy it I will be using for air and nothing else, I don't use NITROX and don't have any intentions of ever using it.

I would strongly suggest that you drain any NITROX that is in the cylinder before filling it with air. This will ensure that you are not diving with a mixture containing more than 21% O² while assuming it contains only 21% O².

To make absolutely sure you could always analyze the cylinder contents to test the O² content after the first fill. By doing that you will be certain you are truly diving using air.