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Skoad
03-19-2003, 03:57 PM
Anyone know if i can just send my tank somewhere where they can slap a 5 year sticker on it. My tank is 5 year but it actually says 3 years on the tank. Which will be what fields/shops will be going by instead of my word.


anyone?
Xen
03-19-2003, 03:59 PM
uhh no... if it was a 5 year and you got a 3 send it back to the place you got it from and get a new one. otherwise its a 3 year and live with it.
BajaBoy
03-19-2003, 04:01 PM
Originally posted by Skoad
Anyone know if i can just send my tank somewhere where they can slap a 5 year sticker on it. My tank is 5 year but it actually says 3 years on the tank. Which will be what fields/shops will be going by instead of my word.


anyone?


wait so... its a 5 year tank, but they wont fill it bc its past the 3 year date?
FutureMagOwner
03-19-2003, 04:10 PM
i think what hes saying is that he bought it 3 years ago before they changed them to 5 year and its the same tank but has the old 3 year sticker if im not mistaken
Tom Sparkman
03-19-2003, 04:28 PM
Originally posted by Skoad
Anyone know if i can just send my tank somewhere where they can slap a 5 year sticker on it. My tank is 5 year but it actually says 3 years on the tank. Which will be what fields/shops will be going by instead of my word.
anyone?

How do you know it's a 5 year tank? Was it mfg after June 2001. The info I have is:

"Luxfer, Structural Composite Industries, and Carleton Technologies have all been granted a DOT exemption from a 3 year to a 5 year testing requirement for cylinders manufactured after 1 July, 2001 "

Also, here's a link to a .pdf from Carleton:
http://www.hydrotesters.com/carleton.pdf


Tom
rehme
03-19-2003, 05:43 PM
on my tank (5 year hydro) it says at the bottom:
"Luxfer Model Number: P11F-11 Carbon Fiber Reinspect And Hydrostatically Test EVERY 5 yrs in Accordance with DOT-E 10915 or 3 yrs in accordance with TC-SI 5134."

so i think if you your number is DOT-E 10915 then it is a 5 year but if it is a TC-SU 5134 it is a 3 year BUT I DONT KNOW IF THAT WILL BE CORRECT WITH YOUR TANK
FalconGuy016
03-19-2003, 05:48 PM
www.hydrotesters.com

I heard of people using them, and were happy with their service
-Carnifex-
03-19-2003, 05:59 PM
Why not just test it? Is it that expensive? I don't have a nitro tank, so I wouldn't know.
dave_p
03-19-2003, 06:36 PM
to test a tank around here. go to a scuba shop or a fire extinguisher shop or ask the local fireman where they test theirs.
Erick
03-19-2003, 09:06 PM
i got mine tested yesterday and it cost me 16 bucks at a fire protection place.
yeahthatsme
03-19-2003, 09:46 PM
its not as much cost as wear, because hydro wears the tank... thats why tanks are liminted to about 4-5 hydro cycles.
fire1811
03-19-2003, 10:25 PM
when luxfer got the ok for there 3yr to be 5yr they got it passed for some tanks already made as you read above.
i would say if the person filling this dont know it your going to be out of luck. probably better off just gettin it tested so you dont have the headache of dealing with it
Skoad
03-20-2003, 10:16 AM
Yes my tank was made before the 5 year hydro was set, its a nitro duck which uses luxfer bottles. I have sent my DOT # to both nitroduck and luxfer and they told me it IS a 5 year hydro...but on the bottle it says 3 years.

I was just hoping to maybe get a sticker put on it instead of hassling with a hydrotest right now.
Webmaster
03-20-2003, 12:50 PM
i would contact luxfor for a sticker...

or they have a page showing the dot#s and testing years - print that out maybe.