Paintball

[Beest]

Originally Posted by Mstrtal

2 - ... The only exception to this rule is for steel tanks stamped 3HT, which must be tested every 3 years and have a 24 year lifespan...

I have a 3HT tank from Nitroduck which Hell Survivors have refused to fill at their store and field, so I have been researching this.

With the reorganization of the DOT codes I serached again and found this.
http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/staticfiles...005/050218.pdf

Highlights

The HMR (Hzardous Material Regulations) provides that a DOT-3HT specification cylinder is authorized for aircraft use only...

For reasons of safety, it is at the discretion of an authorized retester whether it will accept a cylinder for requalification and perform a hydrostatic retest on the cylinder. We do not recommend retest of such cylinders that are used in unauthorized cylinder service, and suggests that you inform your customers.

So that's not a no for paintball use as such, but it puts the responsibility down on to the hydrotester.

[SCPaint]

I picked up a Nitro Duck Mega Reg 45/45 about a year and a half ago, I like the tank except for how heavy the reg is, and would rather have a screw in. I took it to a pro shop and asked them if they could swap that reg with a Nitro Duck X-Stream reg and they said that "The threads for the Mega Reg differ from the threads on other regs and so this would not be possible." As I were to understand it, the threading was made universal, but I'm no expert. Is this correct or did they just not feel like swapping the regs for me? Thanks guys!

[Mystwulf]

I have a Chrome-Moly 16oz that reads "DOT-E8096-1800-M1060-1199M"

I believe this to be one of the Scott Hydro exempt tanks but I am only guessing the "1199" refers to 11 of 1999 as a Manufacture date. Also, the last 9 is very faint and could be a 0, which had me concerned it is beyond 15years. Questions-Does anyone know if Scott renewed the exemption in 2005, and does anyone know when these where manufactured? Am I correct about the date/year stamp on the tank? I'm not worried about the safety of the tank as it has no damage other than superficial scratches and has been used consistantly the last couple years with no problems or leaks, just watching my P's and Q's.