Does it make sense to get a scuba tank for my Texan 457? My neighbor has one and I'm not sure.
Does it make sense to get a scuba tank for my Texan 457? My neighbor has one and I'm not sure.
Just make sure you're talking the same language regarding tanks: the OP says "scuba" while Ezana4CE is referring to SCBA. Similar functions, but two different animals. SCBA is what you want.
Just make sure you're talking the same language regarding tanks: the OP says "scuba" while Ezana4CE is referring to SCBA. Similar functions, but two different animals. SCBA is what you want.
Good point and nice catch. My mind automatically interpreted “scuba” as SCBA. And I agree, a carbon fiber SCBA tank is what you want because they’re light, portable, and generally safely hold up to 4500 psi as opposed to SCUBA tanks (used for diving) holding 3000 psi and being a lot heavier tanks, which is less of an issue under water because of their buoyancy.
Just make sure you're talking the same language regarding tanks: the OP says "scuba" while Ezana4CE is referring to SCBA. Similar functions, but two different animals. SCBA is what you want.
Good point and nice catch. My mind automatically interpreted “scuba” as SCBA. And I agree, a carbon fiber SCBA tank is what you want because they’re light, portable, and generally safely hold up to 4500 psi as opposed to SCUBA tanks (used for diving) holding 3000 psi and being a lot heavier tanks, which is less of an issue under water because of their buoyancy.
One thing to keep in mind, not all SCUBA tanks are 3k psi. The HP tanks are around 3500. With LP steels it is common to cave fill them to 4k, depending on the age of the tank.
DW
Does it make sense to get a scuba tank for my Texan 457? My neighbor has one and I'm not sure.
Just make sure you're talking the same language regarding tanks: the OP says "scuba" while Ezana4CE is referring to SCBA. Similar functions, but two different animals. SCBA is what you want.
Good point and nice catch. My mind automatically interpreted “scuba” as SCBA. And I agree, a carbon fiber SCBA tank is what you want because they’re light, portable, and generally safely hold up to 4500 psi as opposed to SCUBA tanks (used for diving) holding 3000 psi and being a lot heavier tanks, which is less of an issue under water because of their buoyancy.
One thing to keep in mind, not all SCUBA tanks are 3k psi. The HP tanks are around 3500. With LP steels it is common to cave fill them to 4k, depending on the age of the tank.
DW
That may be so. To be clear, the point is not to act as if I’m a dive equipment expert, but to say that a lighter carbon fiber tank capable of being safely filled and holding 4500 psi/310 bar of high pressure air consistently is a highly desirable option for filling airguns at the time of this post. A SCBA tank. I don’t refute your claims correcting my generalization regarding the pressure capacity of SCUBA tanks. As an airgunner it doesn’t make much sense to me for one to lug around a heavy steel tank that holds less pressure when a more desirable option is readily and widely available.