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Why it's a good idea to wash your gear in fresh water

Tue Sep 12, 2017 6:33 pm

Found floating off Dana Point, CA. :shock:
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Re: Why it's a good idea to wash your gear in fresh water

Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:54 pm

Does it have air?

My LDS had an aluminum cylinder that a local fishing vessel brought aboard on its net. It was full (or close to full), but it wasn't going to be for long. The walls were heavily pitted. It was impressive that it hadn't started leaking or let go yet.
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Re: Why it's a good idea to wash your gear in fresh water

Tue Sep 12, 2017 10:19 pm

luis wrote:Does it have air?.
No clue. Didn't check it. Got donated to my LDS
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Re: Why it's a good idea to wash your gear in fresh water

Wed Sep 13, 2017 11:16 am

One of the reasons I love Lake Michigan. Fresh water. I was on a dive boat about ten years ago. The captain saw something on the sonar and stopped to have a diver check it out. The mark turned out to be nothing, but embedded in the lake bottom was a AL 80 with an old style back pack on it. It must have fallen off a boat a few years before. The tank still had air in it. The diver cleaned up the tank and it passed hydro and went back into use!

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Re: Why it's a good idea to wash your gear in fresh water

Wed Sep 13, 2017 7:57 pm

I would be scared that could be an explosion waiting to happen. I would drill a very small hole through the burst disk to vent it and see what it does...

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Wed Sep 13, 2017 11:01 pm

crimediver wrote:I would be scared that could be an explosion waiting to happen. I would drill a very small hole through the burst disk to vent it and see what it does...
I like that idea.

The smaller the hole the better, but just to give some reference of the pressure thrust (force) on the small drill bit.

An 1/8” (0.125”) hole has an area of 0.01227 inches squared.
Multiply by 3000 psi and you have a pressure force of 36.8 pounds.

An 1/16” (0.0625” ) hole has an area of 0.00307 inches squared.
Multiply by 3000 psi and you have a pressure force of 9.2 pounds.

The head of the burst disk screw has no pressure load. The actual thin disc may let go, but the head of the screw should control gas escaping.

You should never drill (even a very small hole) on the actual wall of the pressure vessel. The hole could become the trigger to a structural failure.
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Re: Why it's a good idea to wash your gear in fresh water

Thu Sep 14, 2017 6:59 am

How about drilling a .308 hole......from 100 yards away? A 30-06 should do nicely. :)
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Thu Sep 14, 2017 9:06 am

Herman wrote:How about drilling a .308 hole......from 100 yards away? A 30-06 should do nicely. :)
It worked for Chief Martin Brody.
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Re: Why it's a good idea to wash your gear in fresh water

Thu Sep 14, 2017 8:37 pm

When you get the o ring out from under the valve, let me know - I need one

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Re: Why it's a good idea to wash your gear in fresh water

Fri Sep 15, 2017 4:05 pm

I would have eaten those scallops before I got rid of it. I like the 308 diameter hole idea too.

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Re: Why it's a good idea to wash your gear in fresh water

Sat Dec 02, 2017 1:21 pm

Y'all quit funnin' with my tank, it just needs a little cleaning It will be okay, I think. Hard to get the bands around it though.

My drill bit would be a .45 caliber, go big or go home.

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Mon Sep 16, 2019 6:19 pm

A guy I work with gave me 3 old aluminum tanks, all old bad alloy. One of them the valve is frozen so I cant confirm the tank is empty. Is drilling through the safety disc the safest way to ensure nobody (myself included) gets hurt with this tank? Does anyone have a safer method? Saving the tank and or valve are low concern.

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Re: Why it's a good idea to wash your gear in fresh water

Wed Sep 18, 2019 7:01 pm

Nemrod wrote:
Sat Dec 02, 2017 1:21 pm
Y'all quit funnin' with my tank, it just needs a little cleaning It will be okay, I think. Hard to get the bands around it though.

My drill bit would be a .45 caliber, go big or go home.

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Re: Why it's a good idea to wash your gear in fresh water

Wed Sep 18, 2019 8:07 pm

I saw the end results of someone who made an IED but forgot the trigger/fuse. They thought drilling into it would work........ It worked really well.......

He probably never heard the explosion.

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