when you go to buy or rent tanks for welding gases, don,t buy off craigs list or ebay, chances are good the tanks are out of certification or rental tanks, and be aware most refill company's only refill tanks with their company name on them or privately owned tanks that are certified
many tanks have (rental only) or (PRIVATELY OWNED) stamped or cast near the upper end, be sure you GET TANKS that are STAMPED OR CAST WITH PRIVATELY OWNED OR THEY WILL NOT BE REFILLED AND WILL BE CONFISCATED WHEN YOU GO TO GET THEM RE FILLED, as rentals and keep copies of purchase receipts
pay attention to the certification date stamped on the tanks, because if its individually owned YOU pay for the re certifications every few years and WITHOUT the certification dates stamped being into the tank being current you can,t get the tank refiled
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If a tank is out of spec, the tank refill co. just sends it back to the fill plant.
The plant performs a hydro-test on the tank.
If it passes, it gets re-stamped, and you get credited with a tank of that size.
Or you can request that specific tank back.
this is standard procedure at every
welding supplier I have ever dealt with.
IF they won,t do that for you for a minimal fee,I think they were trying to pressure you into buying a new tank. which is seldom necessary
in my area ARGON tanks cost about $223 full if you want to own one and a $40 fill charge and $200 deposit to rent one plus $15 per month tank rental, so unless your renting short term it makes sense to buy even though you pay for re certifications
tanks usually come in APPROXIMATELY 40cf, 80cf,125 cf and 300cf, sizes, its far less expensive to use the larger size tanks
many tanks have (rental only) or (PRIVATELY OWNED) stamped or cast near the upper end, be sure you GET TANKS that are STAMPED OR CAST WITH PRIVATELY OWNED OR THEY WILL NOT BE REFILLED AND WILL BE CONFISCATED WHEN YOU GO TO GET THEM RE FILLED, as rentals and keep copies of purchase receipts
pay attention to the certification date stamped on the tanks, because if its individually owned YOU pay for the re certifications every few years and WITHOUT the certification dates stamped being into the tank being current you can,t get the tank refiled
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...-kits-don-t-buy-from-pawn-shops.145/#post-179
If a tank is out of spec, the tank refill co. just sends it back to the fill plant.
The plant performs a hydro-test on the tank.
If it passes, it gets re-stamped, and you get credited with a tank of that size.
Or you can request that specific tank back.
this is standard procedure at every
welding supplier I have ever dealt with.
IF they won,t do that for you for a minimal fee,I think they were trying to pressure you into buying a new tank. which is seldom necessary
in my area ARGON tanks cost about $223 full if you want to own one and a $40 fill charge and $200 deposit to rent one plus $15 per month tank rental, so unless your renting short term it makes sense to buy even though you pay for re certifications
tanks usually come in APPROXIMATELY 40cf, 80cf,125 cf and 300cf, sizes, its far less expensive to use the larger size tanks
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