theduckguru
Contributor
Now here's the little devil in me... What if I got nitrox in a place that made me spend 10 minutes signing off all my 10+ tanks - including digging up their serial numbers (which I think is a bit much). Then I dive and refill them again with nitrox in shop that is a bit more lax. Then I get into trouble - wouldn't it be so much easier to just say the nitrox came from the shop that had me go through all that trouble to get that precious nitrox, after all they have all the numbers and all in their log j/k
How long do the shops have to keep the logs? As in if I had been through 3-4 shops and now someone had to chase which nitrox fill killed me that might not have been been recent. I do not mark shop's names on my tapes, and everybody uses the same tapes. If I am dead, tanks can be traced whichever way and I am just curious that are the OCD shops just looking for trouble. Has there ever been cases were the logs have protected shops?
Note, I am not claiming this is bad practice. I just wonder if it would be enough to check the cert. It IS a nuisance for repeat/bulk customers, especially when it's more than just a quick sign off (re: serial numbers, and waiting in line for one malfunctioning analyzer when you forgot yours home). It does not really protect me (customer) in any way after my cert is checked, and I am failing to see big proof how it has protected the shops. Of course if shops cant be trusted to check certs without this then And maybe divers cant be trusted to analyze without this either I think shops keeping their fill logs is fine for their purposes but going over the top with keeping me prisoner when I just want my tanks out is a drag.
The protection for the dive shop is documentation that the gas you got is the gas you ordered and double checked before leaving the shop - nothing more and nothing less.