Din Valve Question

My regulator has a din valve with 8 threads and I just got a tank that
has a din valve on it with 5 threads. Can I use these together? The regulator
doesn't screw in all the way. In other words some threads are still visible
when its in.
Thanks,
Joe





Joe Santini
Dive Dive Dive

No problem. Your reg will fit on a 300 bar tank, but will work fine on a
200 tank.

Threads are made this way so you can't use a 200 reg on a 300 bar tank,
that's all.

Edwin


Joe Santini wrote:
> My regulator has a din valve with 8 threads and I just got a tank that
> has a din valve on it with 5 threads. Can I use these together? The regulator
> doesn't screw in all the way. In other words some threads are still visible
> when its in.
> Thanks,
> Joe
>
>
>
>
>
> Joe Santini
> Dive Dive Dive

On 18 Dec 2003 15:30:24 GMT, jsant88630@aol.com (Joe Santini) wrote:

> My regulator has a din valve with 8 threads and I just got a tank that
>has a din valve on it with 5 threads. Can I use these together? The regulator
>doesn't screw in all the way. In other words some threads are still visible
>when its in.

It's fine.

The 5-thread DIN is a 200bar DIN, and the 7-thread is 300bar.

You can't run a 200bar regulator on a 300bar tank valve.



--- Rich
http://richlockyer.tripod.com/

Thanks


Joe Santini
Dive Dive Dive

"Rich Lockyer" wrote

> The 5-thread DIN is a 200bar DIN, and the 7-thread is 300bar.

That used to be the case in the U.S. It's not any more. The 5 thread valve
is now used on PST tanks with a working pressure around 232 bar which, I
believe, is what they were originally designed for anyway.

Lee

Yup, sure can, the 8 thread is so the reg can be used on 300 bar, but the
valve on the tank is around the 232 bar rating, hence 5 threads.
"Joe Santini" <jsant88630@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20031218103024.15459.00001404@mb-m03.aol.com...
> My regulator has a din valve with 8 threads and I just got a tank
that
> has a din valve on it with 5 threads. Can I use these together? The
regulator
> doesn't screw in all the way. In other words some threads are still
visible
> when its in.
> Thanks,
> Joe
>
>
>
>
>
> Joe Santini
> Dive Dive Dive