I'm a long way from there now, in Dallas as a matter of fact, but I'll be
back in S. Florida tomorrow (I hope).  First chance I get, I'll call the
shop and ask.  I can't be sure what they'll do until then, but I can tell
you that one Florida shop has already offered to raise the pressure to the
rated 3000 psi.  Unfortunately, they are several hours up the road.

Lee

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Wallace" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 12:22 PM
Subject: Re: [SCUBA-SE] Weird Day (Longish was Komputers)


> On 11 Sep 2003 at 9:58, Lee Bell wrote:
>
> > > Do they have a haskel?  Oxygen comes from the gas companies in tanks
> > > that are only pumped up to around 2200 psi, hence the fill limit
> > > (i.e.
> > it's
> > > nothing to do with your or your tanks).
> >
> > I'm pretty sure they do.  What's interesting about Fill Express is
> > that they charge by the cubic foot, one price for any nitox from air
> > to 100% O2.  Of course they charge differently for trimix.  They're
> > the only people around that can fill a half full tank to any specs
> > that the addition of some combination of air and O2 will handle.  The
> > only way I know of that allows this is to have a haskel.  This is a
> > really interesting shop.  It's one of the largest retailers of Dive
> > Rite equipment, but that's not what's so cool. The shop's primary
> > business is gas fills rather than equipment sales.  I'm probably
> > paying a bit higher price per cubic foot, giving them a reasonable
> > profit, but because I don't need as many cubic feet to fill a
> > partially full tank, I pay less.  It's a win/win that seems to be
> > working.
> >
> > At present, my O2 tank is at 2200 psi.  It was filled from the banks
> > at Brownies Southport on the day Brownies was resupplied.  I was not
> > particularly happy to hear, later, that Brownies has a hakel too.  If
> > what I heard is correct, I'm not particularly happy that they didn't
> > fill the tank they sold me to its rated capacity.
>
> You'll be hard pressed to find a 'shop' that will jack O2 much beyond
about 2200psi,
> even if they have a Haskel. Most gas supply recommendations are that you
don't
> exceed about 2200.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
>
> --
> Mike Wallace
> Huntsville, Alabama
>