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Re: exploding plastic storage tanks

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Originally Posted by Jon Stratis View Post
From the research we did while up in Duluth, the white 2013 tanks have been discontinued. While they were rated at 150 psig working pressure, their replacements (which at least look identical on the surface, although I can't speak towards any manufacturing changes or non-visual/structural changes that may have been made) are only rated for 125 psig.
There might be other changes, but the two main visual changes to the tanks are:

Color change. (This may mean a different grade of material or nothing at all.)

Plastic welded push to connect fittings. (This eliminated the failure point due to threading push to connect fittings into the threaded tanks.)

For those who haven't see the ends of the new tanks available from AndyMark:

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