15 Year Carbon Fiber Tank Blog Updates | Monitor when the program will start!!!

[nielsenammo]

I received an email from Mark that states:

Thanks for the interest in life extension.  However we are not year approved by the DOT.  We are hoping anytime soon!  Feel free to monitor the following blog page I set up for life extension.  Once we have our approval I will post it here.
 
www.dwcomposites.com

So we should be able to get an update when available, I set up my email to get an alert and will post when I get one if someone else does not before me.  Might be worth finding outdated ones on Ebay before the mad rush starts.

[ezman604]

Thanks Nick!!!
I'll also put a bug in my hydro guys ear for him to give me a shout as soon as the D.O.T. gives him the green light on the extension.

[PBguns]

Navy cylinders only at this point FAIK

[pllagunos]

I don't know if I am getting this right, but what you guys are saying is that it is a fact that SCBA cylinders will get a life extension we just don't know when? Or is it just a possibility that there will be a life extension?

[nielsenammo]

My understanding is the life may go on like an aluminum tank as long as it passes it's test but I also read where it will get an additional 15 years.  Either scenario is great for the airgun community unless of course you sell SCBA tanks.  I now have six tanks nearing the 15 year mark and own my own compressor but if I want to travel I have no way to fill.

I am very interested in getting mine re-certified and I am sure people without compressors are super excited to see this go through.  The cost of used SCBA tanks will go up because the fire departments will not need to keep buying and guys who want to fill their airguns will buy them up.  The market won't be flooded with discarded tanks since the fire departments can just recertify them.

[farmerjoe99]

Navy cylinders only at this point FAIK

I noticed that as well but wasn't sure what it meant...what is the difference between a Navy tank
and a non navy tank? are all the common SCBA tanks from fire-departments Navy tanks?

[Frank in Fairfield]

Wow.
That is good news.
I have a one year old Tiger Shark and my birthday present (71)  came today in the form of a Benjamin bottle.
So those are good for awhile.

Now what can we do for their owner?😕

[kbstingwing]

hope it will be soon, I just purchased 2 more tanks for real cheap,$23.00 ea, they're good for one more year, so it would be nice to have them recertified for 15 more years.

[PBguns]

Navy cylinders only at this point FAIK

I noticed that as well but wasn't sure what it meant...what is the difference between a Navy tank
and a non navy tank? are all the common SCBA tanks from fire-departments Navy tanks?

No difference in actual cylinders....think that's the test bed or test pool they want to work off of.

[pllagunos]

My understanding is the life may go on like an aluminum tank as long as it passes it's test but I also read where it will get an additional 15 years.  Either scenario is great for the airgun community unless of course you sell SCBA tanks.  I now have six tanks nearing the 15 year mark and own my own compressor but if I want to travel I have no way to fill.

I am very interested in getting mine re-certified and I am sure people without compressors are super excited to see this go through.  The cost of used SCBA tanks will go up because the fire departments will not need to keep buying and guys who want to fill their airguns will buy them up.  The market won't be flooded with discarded tanks since the fire departments can just recertify them.

So in order to get another 15 years or something similar, will I need to have them re-certified (hydrostatically tested every 5 years?)? Those are great news! I have a 2004 Interspiro tank, that I bought 2 years ago for about $100, getting another 15 years will be super cool, I may even try to look for some smaller tanks for rate field...

[wll2506]

This may very well help the PCP airgun market in a big way.....as a major concern is buying a used tank for a couple of hundred bucks, only to have it out of date in a few years.


wll2506

[solder]

My 2 Scott(Luxfer) 4500psi tanks have 1 year left on hydro and are 14 yrs old. I fill them myself and will probable continue to use them.

[wll2506]

Three of us guys are working on a deal right now, after my buddy gets his 60 minute tank, if it is in good shape, we may buy 5 of them and that will be it. As I have a Shoebox, we will fill them up and from then on just top them off ... there is no place that fills around here ;-  (

wll2506

[kbstingwing]

Three of us guys are working on a deal right now, after my buddy gets his 60 minute tank, if it is in good shape, we may buy 5 of them and that will be it. As I have a Shoebox, we will fill them up and from then on just top them off ... there is no place that fills around here ;-  (

wll2506

not many Dive shops in the upper desert, it's good to have your own air supply, when ever you need it, just fire it up..... Mines just a little loud to run at night.... I try to be courteous to the neighbor.......

[Bwalton]

This will help the air gun industry in two fold, New ones will go pcp now that the cost of scba tanks will drop to less then what it would cost to buy a pump. In turn pumps will go on sale because there will not be a big need for them to some degree. But this might send air rifle prices up if there is an explosion of new buyers.... It would turn into a sellers market. Don't know lets see how it all plays out.

[cca50]

I found out something I had never thought of yesterday. I finally found a old friend locally that will fill a 4500 psi bottle for me. He mentioned some of the fire extinguisher shops around do hydro tests on SCBA tanks. In checking, I also found out the 3 of the 5 fire extinguisher shops in town fill SCBA tanks to 4500 psi but all 5 do hydro tests.
Sorry, not trying to hijack your thread. Carry on
Charles