Where to get air in Madison?

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Yes you are right A VIP (Visiual Inspection Program) is a Scuba Diving only program. Which anyone can do. Which is true and not true. A vip sticker has no markings on it to say a certified Insp did the VIP only a month and year stamp and some advertising info if it comes from a shop. So in this day and age all you need is a computer and some stickers to print the info on.

Yes there is a agency PSI (Professional Scuba Inspector) that does training for Inspectors of tanks. But when you get a fill all the filler is looking at is the month and year not if the insp was done by a cert. insp. Same with a hydro unless you know the code numbers for the hydro stamps will you know if the hydro place is set up to do Diving cylinders.

They way you find out is if someone has an accident with a Cylinder ( meaning it ruptures or fails) and DOT is called in and they find out the place that did the hydro is Cert. to do them.

If the tanks are coming back wet or dirty then I would have to assume the place is not cert. to do breathing HP cylinders, Most other gases like argon and co2 and helium and 02 are 2250 series tanks which are usually steel. Newer Fire Ext and SCBA bottles are Alum with carbonfiber wrapping and Higher Pressures which require different testing equipment all together.

Getting back on the Hydro thing a cylinder needs to be insp first before it is hydro'd becuses if the tank has rust pits or corrision it needs to be tumbled first before it is hydro'd also a tank can be condemed if it is cracked or damaged.

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