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Podcast: Scuba Shack Radio
Episode: Scuba Shack Radio #14 – 9-8-19
Description: In this episode we discuss scuba tank visual inspections, age and diving, Sea Hunt – the other pilot episode
We learn early on in our training that there are two different types of inspections for scuba tanks – hydrostatic (every 5 years) and the annual visual inspection. Only the hydrostatic test is mandated in the US by the US DOT. The visual inspection is a scuba industry standard. It all came about in the 1970s in response to a study conducted by the University of Rhode Island on behalf of the National Underwater Accident Data Center titled Investigation of scuba cylinder corrosion – phase 1. The fi...