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Originally Posted by fire diver
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Originally Posted by cummings66
I have trouble getting good reliable 3500 psi fills, can you imagine a fill of 4350 psi? You'd never find good fills anywhere.
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Our cascade is filled to 6000, and the fill station is regulated down to 4500 for our scba. |
Same here. If your local volunteer fire dept is using the newer SCOTT's, they have either a cascade system or a compressor that fills to 5000-6000psi. Filling a tank to 3500 is a simple matter of adjusting the tank pressure - which is cake to do on the fly.
Thanks for the links, cummings. 3lbs positive isn't TERRIBLE - but I guess I wouldn't actually need all that air anyway. I typically start to approach my decompression limits long before running out of air. I just thought it might be nice for diving against stronger currents when you actually suck down some air.
Anyway, you gave me a good place to start my research so thanks!