Please help identify a tank...

[doctormike]

Hi!

I have a steel tank that I purchased several years ago, and I am having trouble identifying its capacity and rating exactly. I'm pretty sure that when I bought it, I was told that it was a high pressure 120.

I need to do this because I am thinking of buying a matching tank to do some local diving. Also, I would also like to know the exact full and empty weight/buoyancy so that I can be more precise in calculating my weight requirements for when I travel and use a different tank with the same exposure suit.

It is a white steel tank made by Faber (according to the sticker). Here is what is stamped on the neck (a bit hard to read):

____________________________________

Faber, Made in Italy

M8303 02/0191/ 0 oo 01402 + SCC/120

TC-3AAM-244/ DOT-3AA 3180 REE 81

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(I'm not sure if the last thing on the middle line is "SCC/120" or "5CC/120")

Thanks!

Mike

 

[SparticleBrane]

Yes it would appear that this is a high pressure Faber 120.

 

[doctormike]

Unbelievably fast response! You rock...

Can you tell the service pressure rating from that information? Are all "high pressure" tanks rated the same?

Also, do you know how I can figure out the buoyancy and swing? I tried googling this, and searching for Faber, but I couldn't find a model chart. Also, I wouldn't know which model tank to specify?

Thanks again!

Mike

 

[ScubaMilo]

The service pressure rating is 3180 psi.
The hydro date should have a + next to it indicating it can be overfilled by 10%.
Which would then give you a final fill pressure of3498 psi.
hope this helps.

Also try looking:
http://tdl.divebiz.net/pub/tanks.ht...8880c6&zenid=2f474dfa020217778f21388e9c92c1a0
This web page has a break down of most tanks on the market!
Look up the faber hp120.

 

[doctormike]

The service pressure rating is 3180 psi.
The hydro date should have a + next to it indicating it can be overfilled by 10%.
Which would then give you a final fill pressure of3498 psi.
hope this helps.

Also try looking:
http://tdl.divebiz.net/pub/tanks.ht...8880c6&zenid=2f474dfa020217778f21388e9c92c1a0
This web page has a break down of most tanks on the market!
Look up the faber hp120.

Awesome... that's just what I was looking for...

What would the hydro date be? 01402? Isn't that missing a digit?

 

[ScubaMilo]

The hydro date would be a four digit number with a triangle looking mark between the two numbers.
The numbers would indicate the month and year of the original hydro or subsequent hydros.

Like 10^05 +
which would indicate it was last hydroed in oct of 2005 and recieved a plus rating.
hope this is helpful
The triangle may be many different looking stamps as it is a mark specific to who did the hydro.
But the original stamps I've seen on faber tanks have a triangle shaped stamp

 

[doctormike]

But the original stamps I've seen on faber tanks have a triangle shaped stamp

Great, thanks...!