hydro date on a PE tank

[jade_monkey07]

hey guys, iv had this pure energy tank for a while now. how do i know if its a 3 year hydro or a 5 year?

[Sundown]

it's not that old :)

To be honest I thought all fiber tanks (after 2001) had 5 year hydros.
but I might be mistaken.

[jade_monkey07]

if its only a 3 year tank and it was made in 06 then its due for rehydro this year remember its 09 now

[Sundown]

if its only a 3 year tank and it was made in 06 then its due for rehydro this year remember its 09 now

haha, yeah good point.
hope for you it's a 5 year tank :)

[secretweaponevan]

Depends on the DOT code.

Per http://www.zdspb.com/tech/misc/hydrotest.html (which may or not be lawfully correct).

DOT-Exeption / DOT-Special Permit (DOT-E / DOT-SP):
All fiber-wrapped tanks are marked with a specific DOT exception regulation on the label. Recently this was switched to special permit and marked with DOT-SP, but the same regulations apply. This regulation is a code that denotes information on the tank's testing status, depending on who manufacturered it.
These tanks are three-year:
E-07277 (manufacturered by SCI)
E-09634 (Luxfer)
E-12479 (Luxfer)
E-11005 (Carleton)

Here are a list of "extended" tanks. These tanks have a cutoff date for hydrotesting. If the tank was last tested before that date, it is still on the three-year hydrotest schedule. If the tank was last tested after the cutoff date, it will then be on the five-year hydrotest schedule.
E-10915 (Luxfer) - cutoff date 05-11-2001
E-10945 (SCI) - cutoff date 07-01-2001
E-11194 (Carleton) - cutoff date 07-01-2001

[jade_monkey07]

thanks secret! that means i still have a few months to find a place to hydro it :P

[garbageman705]

A general rule of thumb is if the tank is a 3000 PSI tank it is a 3 year tank, if it's a 4500 tank it's usually a 5 year tank. For hydrotesting I would recommend Crossfire.

https://www.crossfireinc.com

[Storminnorman]

http://www.hydrotester.com/Testdateindex.htm