Phrenzy
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Ok, I have a question. I would like to ask your advice on storing scuba tanks. Ideally, I would like to take my scuba tanks to my LDS and get them filled with air. Then, on a fairly regular basis, I would like to take these same tanks to a local location and slowly release the air contained inside while Im underwater.
Unfortunately things do not go as planned and I do not get to release the air pressure contained inside in the manner and frequency that I would prefer. Because of this, I have found myself on one occasion storing my tanks fully pressurized for several months. I asked some more experienced divers their opinion on this and I got some mixed recommendations. So in order to increase my confusion and further muddy my understanding of the situation, I am asking the Scubaboard community at large.
I live in the Seattle area without air conditioning. Where I store my tanks, the temperature hovers at around 66 to 70 Fahrenheit. During the summer, it will see 70 to 95 degrees. I have 2 steel high pressure 120 tanks. What would the long term consequences be if I were to store these tanks full of air? Right now I only fill the tanks just before I use them. Would there be any risks if I were to store them full and then fill them up again right after my dive(s). Would anything change if I were to store Nitrox in them?
Unfortunately things do not go as planned and I do not get to release the air pressure contained inside in the manner and frequency that I would prefer. Because of this, I have found myself on one occasion storing my tanks fully pressurized for several months. I asked some more experienced divers their opinion on this and I got some mixed recommendations. So in order to increase my confusion and further muddy my understanding of the situation, I am asking the Scubaboard community at large.
I live in the Seattle area without air conditioning. Where I store my tanks, the temperature hovers at around 66 to 70 Fahrenheit. During the summer, it will see 70 to 95 degrees. I have 2 steel high pressure 120 tanks. What would the long term consequences be if I were to store these tanks full of air? Right now I only fill the tanks just before I use them. Would there be any risks if I were to store them full and then fill them up again right after my dive(s). Would anything change if I were to store Nitrox in them?