On Nov 30, 2007 9:41 PM, Karl Vacek <kvacek@ameritech.net> wrote:
> That's why you usually buy the tank from the dealer in the first place - you
> get a rusty old beater tank in the first place and never have any higher
> expectations ;-)
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> Did you actually buy NEW regular-sized tanks ?/ I'm not sure I've ever seen
> really new tanks, except the little portable ones. I thought they were made
> by gnomes in the forest, and then beaten up and rusted on the way to the gas
> supplier the first time !!
>
I did. The supplier had them sitting on the dock. I think they do it
for all the bottles they sell, actually. The expected lifetime of a
gas cylinder is something like 100 years, would you believe?
> Karl
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> > Yes, exchanging tanks is great, it puts all of the responsibility for
> > testing, etc. on the gas supply company, but it really sucks, the first
> > time
> > you take your brand spanking new tank in for exchange and get a rusty old
> > beater tank in exchange. <grin>
> >
> > Jack
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