Quiz - Equipment - Dropped Scuba Tank

[Pedro Burrito]

From the PADI Dive Theory Exam:

It's recommended that a scuba tank that has fallen from a moving vehicle or been dropped from a significant height is _____ before filling and use.

a. visually inspected

b. emptied and refilled with fresh air

c. hydrostatic/pressure tested

d. repainted



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[elmo]

I'm surprised it doesn't say anything about the valve

 

[Edward3c]

I'm surprised it doesn't say anything about the valve

In the U.K. the valve’s condition is part of the test.

 

[rhwestfall]

what path is this one going down?

 

[HKGuns]

I was wondering the same, seems pretty cut and dry at this point, but given all the others i foresee 13 pages of debate.

Perhaps, arguing the necessity of valve testing and insufficient regulation of the SCUBA industry?

 

[AfterDark]

If the tank was pressurized and the valve survived and still worked, didn't leak, wasn't cracked and the handwheel felt good when turned that is not wobbling; that was a test, that is a good valve.

 

[Couv]

what path is this one going down?

e...... Dropping a tank from a significant height or a moving vehicle is a test, isn't it?
f...... a. b. c. d. are all correct-unless you want your tank to have character-then maybe not d.

 

[tech_diver]

Dropped tank.....

If you have a DIN valve, check the outlet by attaching a first stage to it. On several occasions, I've seen a DIN outlet knocked slightly out of round from falling on its head. If you don't notice it visually when it happens, you will notice it when you put on your first stage. You don't want to find out on a boat twenty miles offshore.

 

[rhwestfall]

Not long ago, I watched a rig fall from the back of a vehicle to a non-paved (grassy) area. Person then had leaks (extruding o-ring) when pressurizing. They actually bent/cracked the yoke on the first stage...

 

[rhwestfall]

Had to say it...

Spoiler

I want to see a tank explode