Ber Rabbit:I just lost a tank to a crack in the lower part of the threads that the eddy current didn't catch. The guy who did my hydro/eddy said the tank had passed both and it was my choice whether or not to use the tank but he wanted to show me what he had seen. I don't know squat about doing a VIP but he lit the inside up and even I could see the cracks in the lower threads. One bad crack and another crack just starting on the opposite side. He said their manager had quit and when he did they found out that their VIP certificate had expired and the manager never renewed it so I would have to take the tanks elsewhere for a VIP and that person would have to decide whether or not to pass the tank, he indicated that they just might pass it since the tank, crack and all had passed eddy current.
Saying a tank has two visible cracks and that it "passed" a hydro test is a contradiction in terms. Having a hydro test completed by a test facility that is not qualified to do VIP's is also illegal as a VIP is a integral part of the tydro test procedure.