Tank Make ? ? ?

[dead dog]

Hi,
My name is Bill, I'm an oldie/newbie to this forum and this is my first post.
I have been diving since 1960 in SoCal.

I need some help identifying a galvanized tank that was given to me.

It has the markings:

DOT-3AA 3000
18009V
42 pounds
26" Tall ( with out valve. )
22" Circumference around.
3/4" Tank Valve ( ScubaPro )
No other markings on the tank.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Scared Silly]

From what you have provided my guess would be an old midpressure steel that Faber makes. But the serial number does not match their standard. Does the original hydro date have a "+"?

Being heavy and tall I am guessing that it is 120 cuft range.

 

[dead dog]

From what you have provided my guess would be an old midpressure steel that Faber makes. But the serial number does not match their standard. Does the original hydro date have a "+"?

Being heavy and tall I am guessing that it is 120 cuft range.

Yes it has " + " after the date.

Thank you,

Bill

 

[oxyhacker]

Darn few 3000 psi 3AA steels. The shorty and slim Scubapro Faber 72's were 3000, but they are only 30 lbs or so.

PST had 3AA 3000 psi tank that held about 100 cf and was about the same size as a 72, as yours is, but I can't remember what they weighed. It was quite a bit more than the 72, since divers used to put them on thinking they were 72s, and, in those pre-BCD days, sink straight to the bottom. The fact that yours is galvanized means its more likely to be PST that Faber, but Coyne and Norris and others have also produced small quantities of oddball sizes.

So hydromarkings and any manfucturer's mark would help.

 

[05sportsman]

There should be some symbol or manufacturer number on the tank.

 

[dead dog]

Went back out to my storage area and check again.
As most of you know galvanized tanks are hard to read with that coating.

The original date stamp is 1 C ( with a small L in the center of the C ) 79+

Above the date is an elongated D with a small ST under the elongated D.

Need to know the size ( cu. ft. ) and maker of this tank.

For me to use this tank I would think that I would NOT need any weights at all.
I use 12 pounds with a set of doubles and they are steel 46's tanks.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Bill

 

[Jimmer]

Any chance that elongated D is actually a P? Then it would PST or the Pressed Steel Tank company.

 

[robertarak]

Could this be the marking?

If so it is a PST tank.

 

[dead dog]

It could be a P with the coating it's hard to read.

So that would answer who made it. Now what is the size ?

Does anyone know what the number 18009V means.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Bill

 

[Jimmer]

http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/tanks-valves-bands/237148-pst-steel-tank.html

Read this thread, it might be the same model of tank.