Proper way to store tanks?

[Xaryo]

This is true -- North Carolina doesn't normally get earthquakes. Hurricanes, however...

I was considering coming up with a restraint system but haven't done it yet.

well, this week it is 2 for the price of 1. have you come up with the restraint system?

 

[captain]

I have 10 steel tanks, the oldest I have had since 1957, the newest is probably 30 years old. Over the years they have been stored in various locations both climate controlled and not, both vertically and horizontally, full, empty and in between, sometimes for years or sometimes a few months. All pass hydro so from the tanks prospective it probably doesn't much matter how they are stored.
From a safety perspective in case of fire steel tanks should be either full or almost empty,
200 psi. Aluminum tanks should be almost empty, about 200 psi. The reason aluminum should not be full in event of a fire is the aluminum may weaken from the heat and the tank may explode before the burst disc blows.

 

[Akimbo]

… The reason aluminum should not be full in event of a fire is the aluminum may weaken from the heat and the tank may explode before the burst disc blows.

A firefighter pointed out another consideration, steel or aluminum. When the cylinder’s burst disk or the cylinder fails it feeds oxygen to the fire, conceivable just enough to cause a flash-over to another space. Not just a Scuba cylinder issue, an oxygen-acetylene gas cutting rigs in a garage shop are really scary.