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There is at least one area in diving where the weight trade off might be a positive, and that is in rebreather diving. Using even aluminum tanks in some units will make a diver extremely negative when using a wetsuit, especially when necessary trim weights are added to the top of the unit to maintain horizontal trim. This results in much faster use of diluent just to fill the BC just to offset the negative bouyancy. A lightweight carbon fiber tank would be a great benefit. Even if the maximum pressure could not be obtained, as long as the gas volume was sufficient at 3000 psi, this would be an improvement over traditional metal tanks.
This has been talked about before - its a weight trade off. Your tank may be lighter but you'll need to weight down more somewhere else to make up for it.But they do use them in Turkey
Because Scuba tanks must be certified to be filled with compressed gas (usually compressed air) they have to be inspected by instruments with currently only inspect metal tanks. The tanks are manufactured in one of two alloys - pressed steel or aluminum. Even if you could find a manufacturer of a carbon fiber tank - you would not be able to get it filled at any SCUBA facility.
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What type of pressure is to do with diving?
recreational diving is usually done with 3000 psi of air in a certified SCUBA tank
Where can one purchase a scuba regulator online?
Scuba regulators, also called 'diving regulators', are vital for scuba divers to properly obtain oxygen from a tank. Regulators are available for purchase through diving specialty stores such as Prime Scuba, House of Scuba, and Divers Direct.
How much does scuba gear weigh?
Different scuba gear types weigh different amounts. The oxygen tank is the heavy part of the scuba diving gear.
What is the vest that you wear in scuba diving called and what is its purpose?
The vest is simply called a scuba vest. It's to hold your air tank and regulators :)
What are the differences between SNUBA and scuba diving?
With scuba diving, you are diving with an oxygen tank on your back and a regulator in your mouth. For SNUBA, there isn't an oxygen pack on your back, instead your oxygen supply is a long hose attached to a raft on the surface of the water.
How can you do under water diving while sex?
You'll either have to hold your breath or have a SCUBA tank.
What does spg stand for in reference to scuba diving?
In reference to scuba diving, "SPG" stands for "Submersible Pressure Guage", which tells you how much air is in your tank so you can resurface before going too low on oxygen.
Mixture of gases for scuba diving tanks compared to normal atmospheric air?
Most SCUBA divers dive with compressed air, which is normal atmospheric air compressed into a scuba tank.
Where can you get a high pressur carbon fiber tank filled in southern minnasota?
if there are no paintball shops around you see if you can find either a welding shop or a scuba shop, the scuba shops can offten fill it almost full and if your lucky the weld shop can but that is rare
You want to convert a SCUBA tank for use as CNG tank?
the silly answer is you can store anything in a scuba tank that you can get in it!!. BUTthe serious answer is scuba tank were designed for compressed air and nothing else... using a scuba tank for natural gas is like driving around with a bomb in your car!!, the valves and collars of the bottles are not strong enough if there was a crash
What does diving under water with a breathing tube called?
a breathing tank! try it its fun! (underwater swimming)
Where can you get scuba tanks refilled other than at scuba shops?
You could buy your own portable diving compressor, my dive buddy has one, there not silly expensive . You must get fills from a compressor designed for diving (breathing) as the air is filtered and moisture removed.
