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Re: Are these tanks legal?

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Originally Posted by gpetilli View Post
The issue with the banned white Clippard tanks was that they had threaded ports on either end and if the brass insert was over tightened, the tank could (and did) fail at the threads. I cant tell by the picture, but if it uses threaded ports, as a RI I would fail it even if it were not Clippard and was demonstrated as rated to 125 psi.

Yes, bring documentation of where and what you purchased.
This emphasized statement bothers me ( and this, coming from one whom is distrustful of plastic volumes).

1> Are these items allowed per the rules? Yes.
2> Does a Plastic Volume with threaded ports have an inherent risk? Yes.
3> Should an LRI automatically ban that item? No. (s)he should look at the implementation and decide if enough has been done to mitigate the safety risk and then make a judgment call.

It's the same when you are using sprockets and chain. It is in the design and implementation that makes it safe of not.
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