Help with a tank size?

[jcollin160]

i recently purchased a steel tank from a neighbor that is getting out of diving. it is a Scubapro Faber steel tank 2400psi, it is 24" high and about 7 3/4" wide. i looked at some charts and kinda fits into a 80cf range but the tank is wider than what the chart shows. The guy that did the hydro said he thought it is what was called a super 80.
any ideas?

 

[Scared Silly]

Measure the circumference and divide by 3.1415 - that will give you the diameter. As for what the cylinder capacity is Faber did make some LP80s for ScubaPro but I think they were 7.0" or 7.25" in diameter.

 

[Davidstealey3]

write down the numbers and letters from around the next, and i will do my best to find out for you. there is two or three rows, so make sure you seperate them to get the mose accurate answer.

i would tell you to go to fabers site, but i cant find much info on tanks there. i have been trying to get technical info from them for a while and cant.

 

[DA Aquamaster]

At 24" tall and about 7 3/4" wide it is most likely an LP 94 (23.8" tall and 8" in diameter with a 2400 psi service pressure).

Scubapro sold the LP 95, a shorty 3000 psi 71.2, a taller and skinnier "slim line" 71.2 and a 75.8.

 

[SparticleBrane]

Sounds like you're the proud owner of an LP95.

 

[jcollin160]

i will get some numbers and post them tomorrow.

 

[jcollin160]

Faber M8303 97/8523/ 034
TC-3AAM-184/DOT-3AA-2400 RFE 70

Circumference is 25 1/4"

 

[Scared Silly]

Faber M8303 97/8523/ 034
TC-3AAM-184/DOT-3AA-2400 RFE 70

Circumference is 25 1/4"

25.25 circumference == 8.00" diameter.

Sounds like you're the proud owner of an LP95.

I would agree with SB, you have a LP95 that was made in 1997

 

[jcollin160]

that is good. i purchased this from a neighbor with an alum 80, regs and gauges, dive bag, knife, 30lb of weights and some odds and ends for $250.

 

[Pearldiver07]

Sounds like you might have gotten a pretty good deal. Are the tanks showing current Hydro and/or Viz inspection?

If you're not real familiar with this (didn't see any reference to this at all in the post) so I thought I'd add the below:

Odds are the tanks have multiple dates stamped onto it, often MMxYY format, where the "x" is the facility stamp, and the rest is the month/year of the hydro. Find the most recent one, it has to be less than 5 years old.

The vis inspection is easier, they are put on via sticker. If there's more than 1, find most recent date - must be less than 1 year old.

Once these are current you've got a good deal on the tanks. If not, get them done, as you can't get them filled again till they're current.