No VIP for Steel
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2019 1:51 pm
No Visuals for Steel?
- Ron just called me after dropping his tanks off at Hydrostat, Inc. for Hydrotesting. It's a new place we're trying and Ron was surprised to hear that they do not do visuals for steel tanks. They DO perform this service for aluminum tanks.
- My understanding is that a Hydrotest has always included a rudimentary visual inspection as part of DOT requirements. This is the only visual required for welding and other cylinders and it is only required every 5 years along with the hydrotest.
- My question is this: Are annual VIPs for steel tanks simply an arbitrary rule that dive shops mandate? I know the VIP for aluminum is a Department of Transportation rule due to the SLC issue. But since steel tanks don't have SLC, is the annual VIP an actual LAW or an industry rule?
- Ron just called me after dropping his tanks off at Hydrostat, Inc. for Hydrotesting. It's a new place we're trying and Ron was surprised to hear that they do not do visuals for steel tanks. They DO perform this service for aluminum tanks.
- My understanding is that a Hydrotest has always included a rudimentary visual inspection as part of DOT requirements. This is the only visual required for welding and other cylinders and it is only required every 5 years along with the hydrotest.
- My question is this: Are annual VIPs for steel tanks simply an arbitrary rule that dive shops mandate? I know the VIP for aluminum is a Department of Transportation rule due to the SLC issue. But since steel tanks don't have SLC, is the annual VIP an actual LAW or an industry rule?