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RE: air tank

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Subject: RE: air tank
From: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 18:44:08 -0700
> I'd be afraid of a ''newish'' tank... but I wouldn't back away from an old
> tank... I've got a 30 gallon riveted tank that  is old...   used
> it for years
> with 125 psi on it all the time... never failed... the new stuff
> is thinner
> material...  your body..take your chances..

Thanks, John.  My concern with older tanks is that water heaters normally
fail by corroding from the inside out.  Now that I think about it, I believe
I'll test it by filling with water and then pressurizing to 300 psi or so.

Randall

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