Canada Tank Valves

Does Canada use the same threads on their SCUBA tank valves as the US does?
Or do they use the M25-2 thread like Europe? I need to find a replacement
valve for one of my Spiro tanks and shipping from Europe appears to be
rather overpriced...

Yes. Same as US.

"Grumman-581" <grumman581-YYYY-MM@charter.net> wrote in message
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> Does Canada use the same threads on their SCUBA tank valves as the US
> does?
> Or do they use the M25-2 thread like Europe? I need to find a replacement
> valve for one of my Spiro tanks and shipping from Europe appears to be
> rather overpriced...
>
>

We also have running water, shopping malls, and only a few of us still live
in igloos.

It's always amazing to realize how little (most) Americans know about
Canada, and the rest of the world. Sad, really.


"Rudy Benner" <bennerREMOVE@personainternet.com> wrote in message
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> Yes. Same as US.
>
> "Grumman-581" <grumman581-YYYY-MM@charter.net> wrote in message
> news:xAGKd.18969$vJ5.1304@fe07.lga...
>> Does Canada use the same threads on their SCUBA tank valves as the US
>> does?
>> Or do they use the M25-2 thread like Europe? I need to find a
>> replacement
>> valve for one of my Spiro tanks and shipping from Europe appears to be
>> rather overpriced...
>>
>>
>
>

"Cam" wrote ...
> It could have been possible that we
> use Euro tank fittings as well. Asking
> which standard we use is hardly
> an insult to your igloo.

Correct... Asking if it was required that all regulators in Canada be
certified for ice diving and tanks have polar bear exclusion devices on them
might be though... <grin>

Strange that Canada would embrace the metric system in apparently everything
else and still have tanks that were in English units... I guess it's kind of
like working on American cars these days... It's not good enough to have a
full set of SAE wrenches, you sometimes come across metric bolts also... And
for everything else, there's always the adjustable end wrench or a pair of
vise grips... <grin>

On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 19:12:31 GMT, "Firewalker"
<firewalker2222@hotmail.com> wroat:

>
>We also have running water, shopping malls, and only a few of us still live
>in igloos.
>
>It's always amazing to realize how little (most) Americans know about
>Canada, and the rest of the world. Sad, really.
>
>
>"Rudy Benner" <bennerREMOVE@personainternet.com> wrote in message
>news:10vn8gm3k0l3f44@corp.supernews.com...
>> Yes. Same as US.
>>
>> "Grumman-581" <grumman581-YYYY-MM@charter.net> wrote in message
>> news:xAGKd.18969$vJ5.1304@fe07.lga...
>>> Does Canada use the same threads on their SCUBA tank valves as the US
>>> does?
>>> Or do they use the M25-2 thread like Europe? I need to find a
>>> replacement
>>> valve for one of my Spiro tanks and shipping from Europe appears to be
>>> rather overpriced...
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
Hey Firewalker, don't be a jerk. It was a fair question. We use the
metric system like Europe does. It could have been possible that we
use Euro tank fittings as well. Asking which standard we use is hardly
an insult to your igloo.

Cam

On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 14:19:46 -0600, "Grumman-581"
<grumman581-YYYY-MM@charter.net> wroat:

>"Cam" wrote ...
>> It could have been possible that we
>> use Euro tank fittings as well. Asking
>> which standard we use is hardly
>> an insult to your igloo.
>
>Correct... Asking if it was required that all regulators in Canada be
>certified for ice diving and tanks have polar bear exclusion devices on them
>might be though... <grin>
>
>Strange that Canada would embrace the metric system in apparently everything
>else and still have tanks that were in English units... I guess it's kind of
>like working on American cars these days... It's not good enough to have a
>full set of SAE wrenches, you sometimes come across metric bolts also... And
>for everything else, there's always the adjustable end wrench or a pair of
>vise grips... <grin>
>

Just last week I needed a pair of metric vise grips to adjust my
muffler bearings.

"Cam" wrote ...
> Just last week I needed a pair of metric vise grips to adjust my
> muffler bearings.

Awh, hell, those are *easy* to find... Try finding a squeegee sharpener...

"Grumman-581" <grumman581-YYYY-MM@charter.net> wrote in message
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> "Firewalker" wrote ...
>> We also have running water
>
> But that is only during the warm months when your igloos are melting,
> right?
> <grin>
>
>> It's always amazing to realize how little (most) Americans know about
>> Canada, and the rest of the world. Sad, really.
>
> Awh, come on now, is it so odd that someone wouldn't know which valve
> thread
> was being used in Canada? You use the metric system, right? Your
> temperatures are quoted in Celcius and your distances in kilometers...
> There
> was definitely a chance that perhaps you were using the M25x2 threads on
> tanks instead of the 3/4"-14 NPSM threads... Hell, most divers probably
> don't even know what type threads are on their valves...
>
>

- And the result of not knowing this have been the cause of several
accidents during the last years of people that have put M25x2 valves into
R3/4" thread-bottles (it is possible) but the valve will leave the bottle if
the tank pressure exceeds 180BAR's and above.
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"Firewalker" <firewalker2222@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> We also have running water, shopping malls, and only a few of us still
> live in igloos.
>
> It's always amazing to realize how little (most) Americans know about
> Canada, and the rest of the world. Sad, really.

Soooooooooo........the blocks on your igloos are cubic yards or cubic
meters??

"Dag Deberitz" <dagbritzDELETE@online.no.INVALID> wrote in message
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> - And the result of not knowing this have been the cause of several
> accidents during the last years of people that have put M25x2 valves into
> R3/4" thread-bottles (it is possible) but the valve will leave the bottle
> if the tank pressure exceeds 180BAR's and above.

That's why we always use a separate igloo for filling tanks. In case of an
accident, the flying valve bounces harmlessly from ice block to ice block.