tank bands

[jmsdiver]

Curious: is it necessary to place a rubber spacer between tank bands and the tank? What is the rationale of doing so? I have read someplace that this is a standard of practice.

Thanks in advance.

 

[JoelW]

The purpose is to prevent the tank from slipping. The compressed rubber compensates for band stretch. Personally, I have a couple of large rubber bands twisted on the each band just to add a little more friction. Another method is to coat a section of the band with the rubber dip that is used to coat tool handles.

JoelW

 

[omar]

no it is not neccessary. The rubber will corrode and wear out very quickly and you will end up with loose bands. Not a problem if you maintain your gear, but most people rarely examine their tanks more frequently than once a year. With the straight bands you will get some initial corrosion under them but it will stabilize after a short time.

 

[JoelW]

My mistake and I apologize for it. The brain engaged without closely reading the original post. Thought cam bands was tank bands.

Back to the staging lights.

Joel

 

[omar]

joe - you could read it either way. no biggie

omar

 

[MrMrEZG]

with cam bands it does help to have the rubber sleeve, for the reasons that joe mentioned earlier

now if you are talking about doubles then it is not a good thing to have a rubber spacer between the tanks and the bands. that will allow slight movement with the tanks. and that causes premature fatigue in the manifold(and that would be a bad thing)