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Tue, 12 September 2017 10:15

Ken Burton

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I actually have two air tanks on my coach. The second one is a decommissioned fireman's air bottle rated at over 3000 PSI. We are only using it at 125 PSI or so and you can usually find them for free. .

As far a pressure exerted on an installed screw, it is very minimal. At 120PSI the pressure computes to be 2.4 PSI actually exerted on a 8 screw. A little less for a #6 and slight more for a #10. That is hardly a rifle shot or anything of that nature. I have repaired many tanks over the years, some were in commercial applications, and never had one fail. If iy really bothers you install a band clamp (radiator hose clamp) over the screw and around the tank

Or go buy a new one if you want.

Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana

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