How long does it take to empty an AL80?
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Jimmer
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Try it and let us know 
Just make sure the tank is strapped down, nothing loose is in the area, and you are wearing earplugs.
Just make sure the tank is strapped down, nothing loose is in the area, and you are wearing earplugs.
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I dunno ... but I emptied one in about 18 minutes when I was a new diver. I'd be willing to bet it wouldn't have emptied much faster your way ... 
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I would like to see one explode...
VooDooGasMan
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Thats one way to kill a valve and probably put some moisyure in te tank.
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This is one I can answer,because i've tryed it.
It takes a VERY VERY VERY long time.Because if you go this way to empty a tank the valve will freeze over and be a big lump of ice
1st time I did this was on Curacao and it froze
2nd time I did it back home and it froze even worse
If you want to empty a tank,do it slow and it will take hours,
do it fast and it will take day's:no
It takes a VERY VERY VERY long time.Because if you go this way to empty a tank the valve will freeze over and be a big lump of ice
1st time I did this was on Curacao and it froze
2nd time I did it back home and it froze even worse
If you want to empty a tank,do it slow and it will take hours,
do it fast and it will take day's:no
Well, I had a tank about half full that needed to get a dip tube put back on...it emptied in just a few minutes, like, 5.
Considering the fact that you can breathe one down in an hour or two at 30 feet or less, I don't see why it should take, as the user above me said, "hours" or "days" with the valve open all the way.
Considering the fact that you can breathe one down in an hour or two at 30 feet or less, I don't see why it should take, as the user above me said, "hours" or "days" with the valve open all the way.
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YouTube - Tank ShootoutI would like to see one explode...
They actually empty quite quickly. You can completely empty a al 80 in about 45 seconds or less by opening the valve and letting it blast out. I remove a LP hose from a reg and open up the tank to demonstate the value of rapid valve shutdowns to my tech students. Just don't do it with an old scuba pro piston reg. Once time the scintered metal filter in the fist stage dissintegrated and deposited bits of metal all through the reg.
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