Hi, I was recently given an aluminum tank by a former diver. I believe this tank to be from the era of bad alloy subject to SLC failure but I am not 100% and am calling on the prevailing wisdom of SB.
I currently live in Belgium and the tank cannot be re-hydrostatic tested here as the cylinder is US/Canadian Spec and does not have the necessary EU conformity marks on it.
No worries on this though as my question pertains to whether or not I should hang on to this bottle for when I eventually move back to the US or if I should scrap it.
Initially my gut, based on my reading, indicated this bottle should be condemned as its original hydro/date of mfg was in 1980, but it was last successfully hydro tested in 1998. If this bottle was made from bad alloy, wouldn't/shouldn't it have been culled at that time?
Here are a couple of pictures of the tank markings for review:
Thanks for any help with this.
-Z
I currently live in Belgium and the tank cannot be re-hydrostatic tested here as the cylinder is US/Canadian Spec and does not have the necessary EU conformity marks on it.
No worries on this though as my question pertains to whether or not I should hang on to this bottle for when I eventually move back to the US or if I should scrap it.
Initially my gut, based on my reading, indicated this bottle should be condemned as its original hydro/date of mfg was in 1980, but it was last successfully hydro tested in 1998. If this bottle was made from bad alloy, wouldn't/shouldn't it have been culled at that time?
Here are a couple of pictures of the tank markings for review:
Thanks for any help with this.
-Z