air fills

[Terry]

                      I would be happy to supply a bag of ice BF, thats how it use to done, most every shop had a water tank to keep tanks cool while being filled, Club Scuba, Vets, Scuba Daddys, heck I even remember a few that are still in businness today, Scuba Center did and so did Fantasea. When it originally showed up it was promoted as giving you a more accurate pressure fill, (due to water being a much (approx. 27X) better conductor of heat then air) and a safety that in the event of tank rupture the water would help dissipate the energy released. On high volume weekends, like July 4 and Labor day, the shop often had ice in the tank to help keep it cool. Then it all came to an end under the concern that provoiding water in close proxmity to a filling station would help introduce water into tanks, and I even remember hearing the the Compressed Gas Association no longer recommended it, (I would like to hear their reasoning on that one.) I never had a problem with moisture in any of my cylinders after years of seeing them hooked up and then laid down into the tank to be fully submerged while being filled, and would gladly accept that "potential" exposure over the exposure of your typical Carib. divemaster cracking the valve to "blow" salt water into my first stage of my reg between dives as it dripped off my gear, and his dreds, lol.    TRINITY