that is just COOL!
but I do hope the exhaust is not impacting the fill quality......
my guess is the black hose is a "snorkel" to a safer intake location.
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but I do hope the exhaust is not impacting the fill quality......
my guess is the black hose is a "snorkel" to a safer intake location.
By the 1970s we were filling our tanks at the local fire station. They were free.
By the 1970s we were filling our tanks at the local fire station. They were free.
But acces to all of this types of compressors was offered to the divers by assosiation ДОСААФ - this is like YMCA, but offered by government and army. It was possible and was very popular from second half of 1950`s. And participation in this organisation was free of charge!
Those time we used on the fire staions mostly oxygen regeneration equipment, and had not air compressors on the fire staions.
Now many of self-relliant divers used firestations for filling tanks by air.