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johng - 9/06/2011 9:47 PM
From midas6t6: These links will give you a better idea of the specs and buoyancy characteristics of HP and LP steel tanks. A HP100 is 9 lbs lighter than a LP95, same length, virtually the same buoyancy characteristics:

xsscuba.com/tank_steel_specs.html
divegearexpress.com/library/tanks.shtml#dimensions

Chronically overfilled tanks fail from metal fatigue, a gradual weakening of the metal from stress. The farther over a tanks’ rated fill pressure the more stress on it.
The pressure on a tank underwater is insignificant compared to the pressure from within the tank - 1 atmosphere = 14.7 PSI - you’d have to go pretty deep to equal 3600 PSI, so the water pressure is not going to prevent a tank from failing.
There is some inherent risk while diving which we all accept, otherwise we’d be playing croquet. Why add an unnecessary factor?

Are you trying to start an argument here???

From the comments you are spitting out I know you have never dove a steel tank. I would go as far to say youve never dove anything past an al 80.

You threw in that lp 95 to force an argument. First of all you are missing a ton of facts. A lp 85 is what you compare to a hp 100 not a lp 95.

The lp 95 you described is a Faber Tank and you compared it to a hp 100 Worthington. Worthingtons are more negative then Fabers so your fact is flawed from the start.. Fabers are less negative then worthingtons...

Faber makes Hp 100s and lp 85s but Im not going to bother looking up that crap because you will for me to find out you are wrong... You knew that and threw in the 95 argument to throw people off.

Nevermind I did look it up a Hp 100= -14.11 an Lp 85 = -3.80

(Oh! XS SCUBA tanks are Worthingtons)

NUFF said!!!