Din or Yoke

I want to thank all that replied to my question as to which was more
popular ... DIN or yoke for personal compressors. The response was
overwhelmingly DIN.

HOWEVER ... so far I have orders for a dozen of the small compressors
and all but two wanted yoke fillers! Those other two wanted paintball
fillers.

Kinda makes you go hmmmmmmmm!!


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"Ray" <ray@rayzplace.com> wrote in message
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>I want to thank all that replied to my question as to which was more
>popular ... DIN or yoke for personal compressors. The response was
>overwhelmingly DIN.
>
> HOWEVER ... so far I have orders for a dozen of the small compressors and
> all but two wanted yoke fillers! Those other two wanted paintball
> fillers.
>
> Kinda makes you go hmmmmmmmm!!

It's the reality of rec.scuba.

"Ray" <ray@rayzplace.com> wrote in message
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>I want to thank all that replied to my question as to which was more popular ... DIN
>or yoke for personal compressors. The response was overwhelmingly DIN.
>
> HOWEVER ... so far I have orders for a dozen of the small compressors and all but
> two wanted yoke fillers! Those other two wanted paintball fillers.
>
> Kinda makes you go hmmmmmmmm!!

I'm still a yokel but hope to change one day.

Adam

"Ray" <ray@rayzplace.com> wrote in message
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> Popeye wrote:
>>
>> Consider the crowd.
>>
>> Most of us who own tanks probably own DIN.
>>
>> -I- sure wouldn't buy a compressor unless it had both.
>
>
> Yup ... me too! I have tried suggesting a DIN fitting and for a few bucks
> more adding the yoke adapter but they just think I am trying to "hard
> sell" them something instead of offering a suggestion. I sold a portable
> today to a guy that wants the 4500 PSI system with a yoke filler! I tried
> to explain that yokes weren't designed for that pressure, but ...
>
> Oh, well.

Talk about "Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm".


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Lee Bell wrote:

>>Yup ... me too! I have tried suggesting a DIN fitting and for a few bucks
>>more adding the yoke adapter but they just think I am trying to "hard
>>sell" them something instead of offering a suggestion. I sold a portable
>>today to a guy that wants the 4500 PSI system with a yoke filler! I tried
>>to explain that yokes weren't designed for that pressure, but ...
>
> I don't think I want to be around when that guy hooks his regulator up and
> opens his valve.

On a recent trip to the Caribbean I had my DIN-reg with me, and
needed to borrow a yoke adapter to fit it on their tanks. I was quite
lucky the adapter was rated to 290bar because one of the tanks (alu) was
at 270bar. It was the only time when I have actually seen anything
metal "stretch" visibly.

/m

"Ray" <ray@rayzplace.com> wrote in message
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> Popeye wrote:
> >
> > Consider the crowd.
> >
> > Most of us who own tanks probably own DIN.
> >
> > -I- sure wouldn't buy a compressor unless it had both.
> >
> >
>
>
> Yup ... me too! I have tried suggesting a DIN fitting and for a few
> bucks more adding the yoke adapter but they just think I am trying to
> "hard sell" them something instead of offering a suggestion. I sold a
> portable today to a guy that wants the 4500 PSI system with a yoke
> filler! I tried to explain that yokes weren't designed for that
> pressure, but ...
>
> Oh, well.

Wouldn't selling such an outfit open you up for liability issues?

Chris Guynn wrote:
>
> Wouldn't selling such an outfit open you up for liability issues?
>
>

Yes and no. My product liability guy made me put all kinds of silly
warning signs all over the compressors before I shipped them out. One
is on the yoke saying "Rated for 3000 PSI. Higher pressure may result
in injury or death". Plus there are about a dozen warning pages
scattered about the user manual.

What is amazing is that these are sold in Europe every day with only one
warning sign ... "add oil before starting".



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In article <1ICdnZagVYPPymLeRVn-gw@wavecable.com>, Ray
<ray@rayzplace.com> wrote:

€ Chris Guynn wrote:
€ >
€ > Wouldn't selling such an outfit open you up for liability issues?
€ >
€ >
€
€ Yes and no. My product liability guy made me put all kinds of silly
€ warning signs all over the compressors before I shipped them out. One
€ is on the yoke saying "Rated for 3000 PSI. Higher pressure may result
€ in injury or death". Plus there are about a dozen warning pages
€ scattered about the user manual.
€

Warning signs and placards won't protect you from negligence. Knowingly
selling a product that isn't safe for it's intended use is negligence.
I'm surprised your "product liability guy" (your attorney, I assume)
would even let you consider something like this.

€ What is amazing is that these are sold in Europe every day with only one
€ warning sign ... "add oil before starting".

"Alan Street" wrote

> Warning signs and placards won't protect you from negligence. Knowingly
> selling a product that isn't safe for it's intended use is negligence.
> I'm surprised your "product liability guy" (your attorney, I assume)
> would even let you consider something like this.

It is safe for its intended use which is clearly communicated on the device.

Lee

Thus spake Ray <ray@rayzplace.com> :

>Popeye wrote:
>>
>> Consider the crowd.
>>
>> Most of us who own tanks probably own DIN.
>>
>> -I- sure wouldn't buy a compressor unless it had both.
>>
>>
>
>
>Yup ... me too! I have tried suggesting a DIN fitting and for a few
>bucks more adding the yoke adapter but they just think I am trying to
>"hard sell" them something instead of offering a suggestion. I sold a
>portable today to a guy that wants the 4500 PSI system with a yoke
>filler! I tried to explain that yokes weren't designed for that
>pressure, but ...
>
>Oh, well.

Oh, that bang was HIS o-ring.
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