Tank always filled under 3000psi

[Scuba Scott]

A nice slow fill and top off the next day is how I do it. Not terribly efficient but less stress on the tanks and full fills.

I see you are in PA. What part?

 

[Steve_C]

I drop off my tanks and my LDS gives me my HP100s at 3500 to 3800 psi. I have no complaints. I do not tip but I am a good customer.

 

[MV Dive]

They are ripping you off and taking away valuable breaths underwater, ask for a top up once at the store

 

[Kohanbash]

My customers usually drop tanks off and come back another day so I don't have to rush but I also have a chart for all the tanks I fill so I know what the pressure should be at the rate I fill. I double check them cold to make sure no one gets shorted.

I see you are in PA. What part?

Western

 

[northernone]

Why should he have to beg or bribe people to get a proper fill?

I come from a none tipping culture. But if I came to North America (where my brother lives) and went diving I wouldn't be paying extra for people to do their jobs properly. I'd be telling them it was unacceptable that they didn't do it in the first place.

And I have a special hatred for underfilling cylinders after working in a place where I'd often have to cut dives because people started with 150 bar.

Canadian here, and a particularly non confrontational one at that. I won't accept a short fill, but I'd rather fix it in a peaceful way. They are providing a service and if it isn't the one I want, I take my business elsewhere or suggestion how they can change.

Confronting the person as doing something unacceptable might get you a grudging full fill but more than likely the convenience will go down, or the price goes up other ways.That's my observation.

Different personality types and cultures I guess too.

Cameron

 

[Peter69_56]

Having a short fill is one of my pet hates. To prevent this I check the tank before I leave the LDS, and if its short I ask for a tank thats full. Sometimes I get a strange look and a question of "whats wrong". I then reply that the tank should be 200 BAR, 3000 psi and thats what I expect, if I take a tank thats short filled I do not get sufficient time in the water. Occasionally it has been a standoff fo a few seconds as the assistant decides whether to argue or get a tank thats full. I have never been refused a full tank tho. I think more people should take a stand as then it shows that divers will not accept a short fill. In this way the standard then becomes "at service pressure", rather than "only when hot", which smacks of laziness. When I fill my tanks they are at the service pressure (238 BAR) period. If they are not I top them up before diving. Any tanks I lend/hire to others is at service pressure.

 

[herman]

While short/hot fills are the likely cause, if you are using 1 spg to check the pressure, it is entirely possible that it is off by a few hundred psi. Take your reg in next time and check the tank with it and against their gages.

 

[DevonDiver]

Agree that "a fill" means "full"... and you understand that "full" is =/+ 3000psi. Do not pay for a fill, if the cylinder is not full.

 

[UFOrb]

Different personality types and cultures I guess too.

Probably more of a personality thing, or possibly a generational thing...

we do tip in Britain for certain things, although I wouldn't tip for a tank fill.

I'm also of a mind that things are best sorted in a non-confrontational way...that's the way I am & like being and find people respond positively most of the time. If not, then its time to take it up a notch and/or take your business elsewhere.

But a short fill is a shorter dive so not acceptable!

 

[Neilwood]

To me a tank "fill" means the tank will be "filled" - which looking at a dictionary means "to become full". Not to be partly filled. Part fill and I will part pay.