Can anyone let me know if it is true that you can not use an imported american bottle at u.k tournies.
Does it have to be purchased in the u.k ?
Does it have to be purchased in the u.k ?
US Air Systems
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The bottle has to be HSE approved for use in the UK. Bottles in the USA are DOT certified and are illegal to fill/use in the UK.
There are a handful of bottles around that are dual test (certified by both HSE and DOT), but even those effectively lose one certification once they've been re-hydro'd.
There are a handful of bottles around that are dual test (certified by both HSE and DOT), but even those effectively lose one certification once they've been re-hydro'd.
Thanks chap,
Can you get a US bottle pressure tested and HSE Approved over here then ?
So the Reg is o.k - just the bottle ?
Can you get a US bottle pressure tested and HSE Approved over here then ?
So the Reg is o.k - just the bottle ?
if you have a new dual test Angel AIR system you can use it in this country or in the US until it reaches it's first test date, no matter where it was purchased
No, you can't get a US bottle "tested" to make it HSE approved - the approval process actually tests the design of the bottle, not just the safety of your single bottle. The testing process requires that the manufacturer send a prototype batch (about 30) to the testing facility, where they are tested to destruction: they get dropped, crushed, have holes drilled in them and grooves cut in them, filled until they explode, and several other generally unpleasant things happen to the poor innocent items. If the design and the manufacturing processes involved in making the bottles aren't approved in this way, then the end product will not ever be legal for use in the UK. Periodic hydrotesting of bottles is a separate process entirely, intended just to ensure that an approved bottle is still safe for use for another 3 years.
The reg is fine, however, you would just need to replace the bottle with an HSE-approved one.
Thanks for tidying that up.
Anyone know who would stock the Worr Air 4500 PSI Adjustable Air System?
Anyone know who would stock the Worr Air 4500 PSI Adjustable Air System?
My first guess would be those lovely chaps at Belsales (www.belsales.co.uk) - they are WGP dealers, so maybe they can help you out.
Just buy the reg itself
in the US, and get a bottle for it over here if that is the way you want to go.
in the US, and get a bottle for it over here if that is the way you want to go.
If you can buy the Angel AIR system with dual test bottle in the US, then it can be used over here because it is approved for use in either country. Where it is purchased has no bearing on where it can be used, only the country of it's ensuing retest will determine this.
The bottle is apparently labeled with both DOT & HSE coding and therefore cannot be distinguished by country of origin and as long as it has the HSE approved coding on the bottle and it has not been subsequently tested to non HSE standards then that bottle can be used here whereever it was bought.
The bottle is apparently labeled with both DOT & HSE coding and therefore cannot be distinguished by country of origin and as long as it has the HSE approved coding on the bottle and it has not been subsequently tested to non HSE standards then that bottle can be used here whereever it was bought.