New tank, no dates
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That will be it's birthdate. You need to have it tested every 5 years. So Test it in April 2017
Also after 15 years it needs to be destroyed. (Should explain this on the bottle itself.)
Is it aluminum or fibre wrapped?
For fibre wrapped a final date should be shown, and a 5 year test period applies
If aluminium and the date is stamped in the neck then you could use it forever if you retest it
It may also be accepted up to 10 years without test if the sites recognize the extra life of aluminiums
No final death then
It's not necessarily financially viable to retest as they are cheap enough - £30 to £40 new compared to £150 for a fibre
But it is possible to get a test at approx £20, depending on where you go
By the time you come to testing you may have gone for fibre anyway, but an aluminium is handy kept aside as a spare
The preference would be hpac for testing and you may save on postage by handing to them at an event and collecting at a later one
Dive shops can arrange and are therefore more local to most people.
Check the idest members list for test centres:
http://www.sita.org.uk/idest/idest_members.php
It's not necessarily financially viable to retest as they are cheap enough - £30 to £40 new compared to £150 for a fibre
But it is possible to get a test at approx £20, depending on where you go
By the time you come to testing you may have gone for fibre anyway, but an aluminium is handy kept aside as a spare
The preference would be hpac for testing and you may save on postage by handing to them at an event and collecting at a later one
Dive shops can arrange and are therefore more local to most people.
Check the idest members list for test centres:
http://www.sita.org.uk/idest/idest_members.php
As said above, it's an aluminium bottle and has an infinite life span and a 10 years test period unless a test date is stated on the bottle label by the manufactor .