Dive tanks?

[Chris110986]

Hey guys,

my team are looking to do some training indoors (the guest for an indoor kit and re-balls continue) but i need to know bout dive tanks, ie how dose it work, can u get them filled at any sit or dose it have to be a scuba shop? how many differnt adapters do you need?

ive been playing on sites for year so know how to fill a tank but dive tanks confuse me!

any advice would be great, i live in winchester (just above southampton) so any locals shops that could help would be cool

thanks
chris

 

[Ion_Paintball]

Hi mate, Dive tanks work on the same idea as the bottles we use, with test dates etc...

Sites would probs not be able to fill them, however you can easily take them to any dive shop which should be able to give you atleast a 3000psi fill if not more depending on your tank and a fill should cost around £3-4..

To then fill off the bottle you will need a paintball fill rig (pm me if you need some) these come in two types, screw in like your bottle onto your asa and a lock on type that invovles a pin screwing into the back of the bottle... Hard to exlpain but whereever you buy them from will know which type you need.

Hope this helps

 

[Tom Allen]

As ion has said, the dive tank is just a larger version of the gun tank. It is possible to fill them from a site compressor all you need is an adaptor, but be aware not to exceed the working pressure of the dive tank. To fill the gun bottle from the dive tank all you need is a fill rig.

 

[thebigt]

i would recommend just getting them filled at a scuba shop as they know what they are doing and would not risk filling it myself as they have no failsafes suck as burst disks

 

[Gee Tee]

As mentioned above there's 2 types of dive bottle valve fitting. A-clamp (clamps onto top of valve) or Din fitting (screws into valve) but both have the same fitting which plugs onto fill nipple. Check fitting on bottle before buying matching fill rig. Also check the dive tank's in test, as a shop will refuse to fill it unless it's in date & re-test cost's £30-40

 

[Skeet]

Normally. 300 BAR (4500 PSI)tanks will have a DIN fitting, which is heavier duty and screws into the valve on the top of the dive tank.

A-Clamp fittings, are a clamp which fits over and tightens onto the valve of the bottle, the valve itself has an insert in it...these are normally only found on 232 BAR tanks.

You would want 300 BAR tanks for the extra capacity, probably in 12L size.

DO NOT...under any circumstances, tell the Scuba Shop what you use them for..as far as you are concerned, they are for Scuba Diving...don't get into a conversation...make some sh!t up if your not comfortable with discussing diving...reason I say it...my local dive shop insisted on charging me £10 "because of insurance", for using the tank for paintball/air rifles etc...I no longer go there.

You can make a rig up, so you can connect several tanks together and have one or two outlets for filling bottles.

 

[topchef]

Sorry to thread jack..

Sorry to thread jack matey
But I got a few questions that are kinda relevant and it seems better than starting a seperate thread.

Are there any pointers you guys know of regarding the safe storage of filled dive tanks?
e.g standing upright when filled or laying down?, ideal storage temperature (was thinking about sticking one in my garden shed)?. Are there any regulations that need to be adhered to when in transit from dive shop?

Like the chap that has started this thread, i'm seriously considering investing in a bottle or three for re-ball training at home but wanna make sure its done safely as I have kids to consider. ( and no 'feck all' about dive tanks!!)

-ChEf

 

[Skeet]

Sorry to thread jack matey
But I got a few questions that are kinda relevant and it seems better than starting a seperate thread.

Are there any pointers you guys know of regarding the safe storage of filled dive tanks?
e.g standing upright when filled or laying down?, ideal storage temperature (was thinking about sticking one in my garden shed)?. Are there any regulations that need to be adhered to when in transit from dive shop?

Like the chap that has started this thread, i'm seriously considering investing in a bottle or three for re-ball training at home but wanna make sure its done safely as I have kids to consider. ( and no 'feck all' about dive tanks!!)

-ChEf

Well...if it is laying down, it cant fall over...which is damaging to surfaces at least, painful to the toes/small children or catastrophic at worse.

Transport wise...I THINK, you have to inform your insurance company AND, display a green diamond sticker, that states Compressed Gasses, available from dive shops...comes in the easy to remove sucker version, for when you don't have them in the car...it's in case of an accident, so the emergency services are aware.

I have had dive tanks for years with no problems...keeping it in the shed should be fine (I mean, people dive in sub zero temps with them), put a bag or something or cloth maybe over the reg to keep it clean and get it tested at the 2.5 year intervals.

 

[Tom Allen]

you can get covers that keep the bottle protected, basically you need to give it the same respect you give to your air bottle.

 

[Gee Tee]

You can also get a rubber boot/foot that the bottle sits in to make it stand upright. I keep mine in a corner of the kitchen - 232bar 12L