Air Bank cylinder testing

[BoltSnap]

All you tried to do is be clever and a smart a&se just like in this reply to, some people just can’t help themselves I understand that, its like a sickness to try and belittle someone at every opportunity it makes them feel important/powerful, what I’m angry about is this company has bin sneaky/sly at every aspect of this ordeal, every other cylinder centre I’ve ever used have bin transparent and straight with me without mountains of contradictory bullsh#t im getting from this place.

Don't engage him. He thrives on insulting people. He does this in every single thread he participates in always.

 

[Daz996]

Don't engage him. He trives on insulting people. He does this in every single thread he participates in always.

Cheers I’ve gathered just as much everyone needs a hobby

 

[Wookie]

Cheers I’ve gathered just as much everyone needs a hobby

However, he is the single most knowledgeable person I've ever come across regarding compressors, banks, and air charging systems.

And he's really no more annoying than others here.

 

[BoltSnap]

However, he is the single most knowledgeable person I've ever come across regarding compressors, banks, and air charging systems.

And he's really no more annoying than others here.

That is true perhaps in the rare occasions where he does provide coherent answers without insulting and mocking people. The greater majority of the time he is just attacking and insulting people.

 

[Wookie]

That is true perhaps in the rare occasions where he does provide coherent answers without insulting and mocking people. The greater majority of the time he is just attacking and insulting people.

I find that he is always helpful if you can cut through the annoying part.

Much like me.

 

[BoltSnap]

Much like me.

You are an adorable lovable teddy bear in comparison.

 

[iain/hsm]

Are we all done? ROFL

Look the kicker here is the OP simple didn't tell the test house what he had needing testing.
I quote "Tells me he wants double the test fee for 4 of them because they have a round base it will take a lot more labour"

Round base industrial cylinders are a menace the guy is lucky it got them done so cheap.
Each type of old round base ellipsodal, hemispherical to torispherical tells the test house how the cylinder was made also the manufacturer in most cases and what inspection tests need to be done prior to hydro.

Further the neck stampings tells the test house the type of cylinder they are dealing with.

His problem about the test house fitting new valves is also an indication that the test house is not sure if the previous valves were correct. If a standard stand up flat bottom cylinder to British standards or European turns us its easy and stamped around the neck is usually 25E that tells the test house the thread. Hence why I asked him these details.

Now with the old round bottom cylinders they can be 1" Briggs thread, or 25E or BSPT or even DIN 477
a heck of a lot more work to ring and plug gauge the lot. Any wonder it's cheaper to refit new valves.
not withstanding having to fork lift them around the place cos they don't stand up.
In a nut shell they cost more to test.

Now add the oddball NES (Navel Engineering Standard) cylinder that pop up from the mom and pop dive shops around the UK to cheapskate to buy proper cylinder they buy ex surplus and expect test houses to turn a blind eye and hydro a cylinder that is already older than its original design life.

Now for the benefit of you Yanks its like rolling up to you local test house with a bunch of ASME industrial cylinders and four ex DOT's where the SP permit has expired.

Better yet a ASME 8 Division 1 cylinder without the appendix 22

Its base type, thread type, manufacture coding, date of manufacture all have a bearing on the cost of retest. If you don't know this its not your problem, but you asked.

 

[iain/hsm]

Don't engage him. He thrives on insulting people. He does this in every single thread he participates in always.

No . Its just the most pleasant way for the benefit of others in the post. for dealing with folk like you. LOL

 

[Wookie]

Are we all done? ROFL

Look the kicker here is the OP simple didn't tell the test house what he had needing testing.
I quote "Tells me he wants double the test fee for 4 of them because they have a round base it will take a lot more labour"

Round base industrial cylinders are a menace the guy is lucky it got them done so cheap.
Each type of old round base ellipsodal, hemispherical to torispherical tells the test house how the cylinder was made also the manufacturer in most cases and what inspection tests need to be done prior to hydro.

Further the neck stampings tells the test house the type of cylinder they are dealing with.

His problem about the test house fitting new valves is also an indication that the test house is not sure if the previous valves were correct. If a standard stand up flat bottom cylinder to British standards or European turns us its easy and stamped around the neck is usually 25E that tells the test house the thread. Hence why I asked him these details.

Now with the old round bottom cylinders they can be 1" Briggs thread, or 25E or BSPT or even DIN 477
a heck of a lot more work to ring and plug gauge the lot. Any wonder it's cheaper to refit new valves.
not withstanding having to fork lift them around the place cos they don't stand up.
In a nut shell they cost more to test.

Now add the oddball NES (Navel Engineering Standard) cylinder that pop up from the mom and pop dive shops around the UK to cheapskate to buy proper cylinder they buy ex surplus and expect test houses to turn a blind eye and hydro a cylinder that is already older than its original design life.

Now for the benefit of you Yanks its like rolling up to you local test house with a bunch of ASME industrial cylinders and four ex DOT's where the SP permit has expired.

Better yet a ASME 8 Division 1 cylinder without the appendix 22

Its base type, thread type, manufacture coding, date of manufacture all have a bearing on the cost of retest. If you don't know this its not your problem, but you asked.

I thought all ASME were not subject to retest ever….

 

[Tracy]

I thought all ASME were not subject to retest ever….

It is not required, but many fire departments have everything tested every five years because somebody once told them they should.
I have 10 ASME cylinders in my back yard, four of them have four sets of test stamps on them.
I don't know why, but they do.
They are lifetime 7000psi cylinders that were filled to 4500 psi and they felt the need to remove them from the racking and haul them off for hydro 3 times.
I don't try to understand it, I just roll with it.