I also noticed a date and warning on a portable tank I bought a few years
ago. Makes me nervous looking at my shop air compressor with a
manufacturing date on the tank of 1953!
Dave Kettler
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Babcock" <BillB@bnj.com>
To: "'Bill Sohl'" <billsohl@mindspring.com>; "FOT" <fot@Autox.Team.Net>
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 1:24 PM
Subject: RE: Portable Air Tank life?
> CYA, pure and simple. Product liability is a bitch. What's really
> interesting these days is all the stuff that comes from China that has
> little or no liability warnings. The importer/distributors either add
> their
> own, or consider their companies "disposable".
>
> Sears isn't in that category. I must admit though, that every so often
> when
> I walk by my huge air compressor with it's tank pressure at 175 psi, I
> give
> it a nervous glance. My overactive imagination has no problem conjuring
> what
> that would be like converted to kinetic energy and shrapnel.
>
> By the way--has anyone else noticed how many people have fallen silent in
> the FOT. I hope it's just better things to do than sit at a computer.
> Haven't heard from Susan and Brad for a while, Mr. Damdinger has been a
> bit
> silent.
>
> One more BTW--I'm pretty far along with the beautification of Peyote--it
> had
> gotten pretty shabby looking. If anyone would like to see a picture, drop
> me
> a line. I've learned a bit more than I really wanted to know about setting
> solid rivets and polishing aluminum.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-fot@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:owner-fot@Autox.Team.Net] On Behalf
> Of Bill Sohl
> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 10:47 AM
> To: FOT
> Subject: Portable Air Tank life?
>
> I noticed a "warning" label item on my new 10 Gal Portable Air Tank from
> Sears. It stated there is a date on the tank after which the tank should
> be
> discarded empty and no longer used.
> Found the stamped warning on the tank which said:
> "Do not use after 7 years from date stamped" The date stamped is 2/20/04.
>
> That would mean I lost almost a full year of use...assuming I really
> discard
> the unit on 2/20/2011...which brings up my question to the group...do any
> of
> you have similar warnings on existing air tanks? I have a 2HP 20 Gal unit
> that is now some 23 or so years old. No warning on the tank that I ever
> saw.
>
> When did this designated tank life ending dating start and how widespread
> is
> it? I am asuming it is driven by product liability fears and/or ASME (not
> sure of the acronym hear) specifications.
>
> The really funny thing about this warning is that it is stamped on the
> bottom of one of the two foot pads...which means it is likly to get beat
> up
> and unreadable fairly quickly. If I hadn't happened to see the warning
> reference in the one page info sheet, I'd not likly ever know about it.
>
> Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas or whatever.
>
> Happy New Year to all.
>
> Bill Sohl
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