Tim Frank
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You'd be surprised at how much air is dissolved in water....fish survive based on that.
No question that the test is far, far, safer done with just water; BUT if you are not including any quantitative assessment you will have no benchmark as to what the test does to the overall state of the pressure vessel. You will then plan on using the tank as an air reservoir.....that is where the danger lies.....IMO.
Your test method simply is not valid, especially on equipment with such an unknown pedigree. This item will still have the potential to fail catastrophically with life-threatening results.
Think of the tough-to-open jar that several strong men have had a go at, and then an 8-year old opens it with seemingly little effort.
No question that the test is far, far, safer done with just water; BUT if you are not including any quantitative assessment you will have no benchmark as to what the test does to the overall state of the pressure vessel. You will then plan on using the tank as an air reservoir.....that is where the danger lies.....IMO.
Your test method simply is not valid, especially on equipment with such an unknown pedigree. This item will still have the potential to fail catastrophically with life-threatening results.
Think of the tough-to-open jar that several strong men have had a go at, and then an 8-year old opens it with seemingly little effort.
