Tank fills

[Leadking]

ask OSHA about that!

 

[jbd]

Actually, I believe this staement is not totally correct either. Where is the Oxygen Hacker when you need the real truth? There are a few posts out there that explain this better than I can. It's not quite as cut and dry as most people have been led to believe.

This is the post I was looking for:

http://www.scubaboard.com/showpost.php?p=993163&postcount=64

This is the closest thing I could find http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/...ess.gpo.gov/cfr_2003/octqtr/49cfr173.301a.htm

You are looking for 173.310a(c)

BTW I understand the point Oxyahcker is making about the difference between commerce and privately owned. What I think may not be accurate is his indication that even dive shops can over fill tanks that would be used for rental or for sale. That would seem to me to be entering the area of commerce. Then again I might be wrong about that.

In all of this (CFR49) I could not find a specific statement that said, Thou shall not over fill(over pressurize) a cylinder. Nor could I find a similar statement from the OSHA website.

 

[Dan Gibson]

I believe he was referring to cylinders filled by a shop for an individual who already owns his own tank. I would agree that rental tanks and selling a tank full of gas would likely fall under commerce. Commerce is the key word from my understanding and the info I have run across in the past.

I'm not saying it's good to overfill. Everyone can make there own decision about this subject. What I don't agree with is industry standards being passed off as laws.

This is the closest thing I could find http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/05dec20031700/edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2003/octqtr/49cfr173.301a.htm

You are looking for 173.310a(c)

BTW I understand the point Oxyahcker is making about the difference between commerce and privately owned. What I think may not be accurate is his indication that even dive shops can over fill tanks that would be used for rental or for sale. That would seem to me to be entering the area of commerce. Then again I might be wrong about that.

In all of this (CFR49) I could not find a specific statement that said, Thou shall not over fill(over pressurize) a cylinder. Nor could I find a similar statement from the OSHA website.