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Re: [Shop-talk] a question on portable air tanks

To: "nick brearley" <nick@landform.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] a question on portable air tanks
From: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:57:39 -0400
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 11:49 AM, nick brearley <nick@landform.co.uk> wrote:
> I have an 11 gal portable air tank, think it came from Northern Tools
>  last century, which gets used for the sort of thing such things get used
>  for. Looking at the underside the other day I noticed  " Discard after
>  Mar 2007" stamped in the metal. Are the manufacturers covering
>  themselves against abuse and neglect or do these things have a
>  measurable lifespan? FWIW I drain it off after each use with an open
>  ended hose in an inverted position, hoping to shift any build up of
>  condensation.

There's a standard lifespan for them.  It's 10 to 15 years, as I
recall.  It's not as though they blow up when the date comes around.
It's somewhere between CYA and lifespan.


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David Scheidt
dmscheidt@gmail.com
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