majka@ubc-vision.UUCP (Marc Majka) (08/13/85)
There was a stir a couple of years ago about some new 5000psi tanks. Now I hear about 6000psi. Two questions arise: 1: Where are you going to get a 6000psi fill? Most of the air stations and dive boats I know of are not about to spend Mega$ on new compressors. 2: What kind of first stage are you going to put on it? --- Marc Majka - UBC Laboratory for Computational Vision
kurtk@tektronix.UUCP (Kurt Krueger) (08/14/85)
In article <1024@ubc-vision.UUCP> majka@ubc-vision.UUCP (Marc Majka) writes: > >There was a stir a couple of years ago about some new 5000psi tanks. Now I >hear about 6000psi. Two questions arise: > >1: Where are you going to get a 6000psi fill? Most of the air stations and >dive boats I know of are not about to spend Mega$ on new compressors. > >2: What kind of first stage are you going to put on it? > >--- >Marc Majka - UBC Laboratory for Computational Vision I would imagine that the same thing would happen as Divator did about 10 years ago with their 5000 system. You bought the tanks complete with regulator. They would sell their dealers a pressure 'amplifier' that would generate 5000lb air from 2500lb air. This 'amplifier' came in a small suitcase so shops/clubs could carry it with them on dives. BTW, an advantage of these high pressure systems is that the tanks are smaller and have significant negative bouyancy. With the Divator you would take about 5lbs off your weight belt.