SPG exploding when tank turned on?

[Diving Doc]

.Oh and he did remark he thought it was strange the guage was filled with water,but he pressurized it anyway.Lesson learned!

Duuhh???:shakehead

 

[dlegros]

Mine had worked loose once and took of with a BANG across the boat when I pressurised the system!

Took twenty minutes to find the HP swivel, but with a new pair of o-rings it was as good as new

Dom

 

[Patrick]

The rubber plug inthe backof the gauge is probably sufficient is the bourbon tube develops a leak, corrision etc. The volume of gas to be vented is modest.

OTOH if the gauge happens to "diesel" due to a smal amount of "fuel" in the bourbon tube the almost instant rise in pressure, and the volume of gas products generated by combustion will most certainly exceed the capacity of the rubber plug.Tobin

Think you mean "Borlon tube."

Best,

Patrick
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[Patrick]

Mine had worked loose once and took of with a BANG across the boat when I pressurised the system!

Took twenty minutes to find the HP swivel, but with a new pair of o-rings it was as good as new

Dom

A long time ago I had a low pressure hose blow on me one time as I pressurized the hose. Heard a boom, wondered what happened and noticed the screen window had a tear in it. It was a result of creep in the regulator. I recall thinking I was glad the quick/disconnect fitting went in a direction other than me.

Ever since then, I used OP relief valves on the first stage.

Best,

Patrick
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[cool_hardware52]

Think you mean "Borlon tube."

Best,

Patrick
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No I meant what I said, just hit "b" instead of "d"

Look here http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blbourdon.htm

In 1849 the Bourdon tube pressure gauge was patented in France by Eugene Bourdon. It is still one of the most widely used instruments for measuring the pressure of liquids and gases of all kinds, including steam, water, and air up to pressures of 100,000 pounds per square inch. Eugene Bourdon founded the Bourdon Sedeme Company to manufacture his invention.

The American patent rights to Eugene Bourdon's gauge were bought by Edward Ashcroft in 1852. Ashcroft played an important role in the widespread adoption of steam power in this country. He renamed Bourdon's gauge, the Ashcroft gauge.

Tobin

 

[Patrick]

No I meant what I said, just hit "b" instead of "d"

Look here http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blbourdon.htm

In 1849 the Bourdon tube pressure gauge was patented in France by Eugene Bourdon. It is still one of the most widely used instruments for measuring the pressure of liquids and gases of all kinds, including steam, water, and air up to pressures of 100,000 pounds per square inch. Eugene Bourdon founded the Bourdon Sedeme Company to manufacture his invention.

The American patent rights to Eugene Bourdon's gauge were bought by Edward Ashcroft in 1852. Ashcroft played an important role in the widespread adoption of steam power in this country. He renamed Bourdon's gauge, the Ashcroft gauge.

Tobin

Tobin,

Yeah, but Bourbon tube is funnier.

Merry Christmas!

Patrick
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[spectrum]

I'll be darned, I always read it as Bourbon!

 

[WarmWaterDiver]

I'll bet you're one of those folks that spells gauge as 'guage' too . . .

Just my personal tic starter - happens too often in the industrial world, why should the scuba world be any different I suppose?

Maybe I should start a 'Bourbon tube' factory here near The Big Easy - naah, never work, not enough Spring breakers here.