SoCalAJ
Guest
I have filled over 3000plus scuba tanks all over LA and Hawaii. The majority of the tanks i have filled have been in a water basin.Or what most people call a "wet fill"
This is my own research with the tanks i have filled....
The majority of the tanks i filled in a basin stayed cooler and came out with the exact working pressure on the tank.
The majority of the tanks i filled out of the basin were a little bit warmer then the ones in the tank. But if you fill them slow they will come out with the exact pressure..
The majority of tank explosions happen at the fill station. Because of this filling in the basin is not very safe, due to the fact that the basin acts like schrapnel similiar to a grenade. The tank explosions that happened in a basin resulted in death. [FONT=Arial]Anybody that believes the basin is designed to protect the air station employee, is completly wrong.[/FONT]Although majority of my tanks filled better in a basin, i have decided to fill the tanks very slow outside the basin to ensure a complete and safe fill.
If you dont believe about the facts on the basin and tank explosions,, take a PSI filling and inspection class which is the only agency recognized bye the DOT for filling and inspecting tanks..
SocalAJ
IDCstaffinstructor.
This is my own research with the tanks i have filled....
The majority of the tanks i filled in a basin stayed cooler and came out with the exact working pressure on the tank.
The majority of the tanks i filled out of the basin were a little bit warmer then the ones in the tank. But if you fill them slow they will come out with the exact pressure..
The majority of tank explosions happen at the fill station. Because of this filling in the basin is not very safe, due to the fact that the basin acts like schrapnel similiar to a grenade. The tank explosions that happened in a basin resulted in death. [FONT=Arial]Anybody that believes the basin is designed to protect the air station employee, is completly wrong.[/FONT]Although majority of my tanks filled better in a basin, i have decided to fill the tanks very slow outside the basin to ensure a complete and safe fill.
If you dont believe about the facts on the basin and tank explosions,, take a PSI filling and inspection class which is the only agency recognized bye the DOT for filling and inspecting tanks..
SocalAJ
IDCstaffinstructor.