Air tank testing

[Tom Allen]

The average cost of testing our bottles is £20 plus postage.

 

[Mikey D]

Anybody know what would happen with a reg which is stuck on the bottle?
I've got a bottle out of date with a reg on which i've never been able to get near budging and its just been sitting in my wardrobe since the test ran out last year

Im sure this info would be needed by somebody else too, so thought it was worth asking

 

[Tom Allen]

It could be possible that the reg thread has bonded to the bottle thread, or more likely it has been loctited on and the loctite is doing it's job well.

If it's just loctite they can be seperated with heat, boiling water or hot air usually works well.

If the threads have fused then it may not be possible to seperate them, and the only option is to destroy either the bottle or reg. In this case i would advise destroying the bottle to save the reg, as the reverse cannot guarantee the bottle will be in a good enough condition to pass it's next test.

If you have no joy with seperating them i can usually get them apart.

 

[Tom Allen]

Why would anyone lie about where you can get your bottle tested? Money? I don't think so! Dive shops should deal with diving equipment and leave paintball gear to the proper certified paintball air system engineers! people should be supporting services like this and not dis-respecting people who are trying to make the sport safer and raising peoples awareness to possible dangers! End of!

This is my opinion and I stand by it!

Do you really believe the bottles we used were designed for paintball, c'mon wake up. The testing center's business will only partially be paintball cylinders, so i wonder what else they would be testing, breathing air bottles by any chance.

Proper certified paintball air system engineers..........

 

[Tom Allen]

Ok, but surely they're testing the reg's because they might not work properly if you used them.

Sorry bout all the questions, i didn't think regulators were tested, but then bob's said they were testing them...

If you want your reg tested then send it to a certified angel tech or WDP, not joe bloggs who tests bottles.

 

[Tom Allen]

one little thing.

the thread on the "other forum" suggests that regs must be CE approved and that only 2 regs currently meet this standard, yet the shop who are linked to the forum have started selling other regs which it would suggest are not CE approved? just think thats a bit confusing.

secondly it would probably make people less suspicious if fatbobs were more transparent regarding their pricing for the bottle test, i am aware that most of the price is made up of postage but i think if there was a break down, cost of test, cost of postage, people would get a greater understanding. personally i think that there is nothing wrong with fat bobs taking a bit of money as they are providing a service, but thats my opinion.

Exactly, a bottle test costs no more than £20 (sometimes nearly half that... ), postage £5 - £10. Where's the rest of the cash going.

 

[Gassy]

I still want someone to show me where they claim to test the regs.

Answer is THEY DON'T Its a visual inspection for obvious damage nothing more.

So stop banging on about testing the regs because its not happening or ever been claimed to happen.

 

[axess]

sorry Gassy but i thought we had already moved on from the reg issue?

i was under the impression we were mainly discussing the cost and lack of transparency that exists within the service.

toms post on page 2 actually should have been the end of this whole discussion because

All bottles born before the introduction of the "PI" mark (approximately May 2003) can still be tested by existing testing centers, as they have a form of grandfather rights. This would cover every bottle that is currently in need of a test.

so i would assume in answer to the initial question which started this, go to any dive center that tested bottles pre the 2006 legislation.

 

[Tom Allen]

I still want someone to show me where they claim to test the regs.

Answer is THEY DON'T Its a visual inspection for obvious damage nothing more.

So stop banging on about testing the regs because its not happening or ever been claimed to happen.

Here's a copy taken from talk paintball.

We have been in touch with one of these stations and have negotiated a price for testing. These centres do not deal with the public but are quite happy to deal with Fat Bobs. Here's how it will work.

1) Send your bottle/s to us. It is vital that you leave the reg on the bottle, do not attempt to remove it.
2) We send your bottle to the DFT testing station. The station will remove and inspect the reg. They will test the bottle and then refit the reg to PED spec. A new test date will then be added to the bottle
3) Should the bottle fail it's test it will be made useless (either by being drilled or having the threads criushed. Either way it will be returned to you.
4) If the reg is in a condition that the testing station deems to be unsafe then we will instruct them to fit a new reg (Of your choice) and charge you accordingly. The new reg must be CE approved and can be supplied by us.
5) We will then return the newly tested and inspected bottle back to you.

Cost.
The cost for this service is £45 inclusive of VAT and all delivery charges.


That in my eyes is a visual test of a reg, which they are not required to do.

 

[Gassy]

Thats the entire problem with this thread.

You or anyone else can interprit things completely differently,the words test and inspect mean totally differant things.It's what it says in YOUR eyes but others read it differantly.

The end of the thread should have been after the 1st post.

If you don't want to use the service then go elsewhere nobody is twisting your arm.
If you can get it done cheaper go elsewhere ,again nobody is making you pay that amount.

I take my car to the main dealer for services ect. because i know it will be done right to manufacturers specification with maunfacturers specified parts.I pay more than i need to on labour as I don't want to go to the private garage around the corner as good as it is because they don't give me that piece of mind.

There is a service on offer at Fatbobs,you are not obliged to use it as last time I looked we lived in a free country.If you don't like the price then don't use it,if you don't like the idea of a visual inspection on your reg don't use it,if Tom can provide a list of other services then great go to them .