Huge thank you to many on this forum who helped me figure things out on my project. I think I am finished, finally. This is my 5000 PSI breathable air fill station. What started as a simple compressor purchase from a closing dive shop turned into a build that most any would be happy to own. I correctly replumbed the filter stack, since the dive shop I got it from ran the fill hose directly out the filter stack with no PMV to maintain pressure. I also changed out the steel fittings someone added with parker 316 fittings. I serviced the compressor oil filter, intake filter, oil coalescor and 27" air purification filter. Then replaced all the 7k psi fill hoses. I hydroed and added six 4500psi cascade tanks to the fill station and built my own nitrox stick to bank EAN32 in the storage tanks. Topped it all off with a passing, "Grade E Breathable Air" certification test from Trace Analytics. Now I find myself with a bunch of free time. Only thing left to do is wait for my bank account to replenish itself so I can replace some aging and non-standard gauges from the panel.
I am reminded about a story where "this monk went to visit the Buddha, and he told the Buddha that he's practiced levitation for the past 10 years, and now he could walk on water. And the Buddha goes, yeah, but the ferry is only a nickel."
In jest this what the most expensive way I know to save $5 on a fill. As we all know we don't do anything in diving on the cheap and rarely, if ever "save" money.
I am reminded about a story where "this monk went to visit the Buddha, and he told the Buddha that he's practiced levitation for the past 10 years, and now he could walk on water. And the Buddha goes, yeah, but the ferry is only a nickel."
In jest this what the most expensive way I know to save $5 on a fill. As we all know we don't do anything in diving on the cheap and rarely, if ever "save" money.
