Flotsam & Jetsam

Today I received my new babies, Flotsam & Jetsam (two Worthington X8-119 steel tanks).   I do admit I did spent a while trying to think up names for them.  These were my other choices:

• Deco & Narc


• giddily & giggly  -- confusing, but funny


• Cheeky & Chops


• Fish & Chips  -- i do hate fish and chips


• Bonnie & Clyde -- too common


• Borat & Bruno -- ha ha ha


• Cheech & Chong -- too common


• Chaos & Control  -- too geeky


• Ron & Jeremy -- When I double them up, I don't like the idea of having Ron Jeremy strapped to my back


• Emile  & Gagnan -- too historical


• romus & remulus


• Starsky & Hutch -- The name of my previous cats


• Alexander & Lodygin -- complicated and historical


• Rucking & Fetarded -- stupid


• don & quijote


• Glenn & Quagmire


• And other names people would find offensive :-)

The specs of each tank (source 1 & source 2):

Service Pressure  3442 psi / 230 bar
Nominal Capacity (metric): 14.8 liters
True Capacity (imperial): 123.0 cu ft.
Buoyancy FULL (salt water): -10.9 lbs / - 4.9 kg
Buoyancy EMPTY (salt water): -2.0 lbs / -0.9 kg
Weight Empty 42 lbs / 19.0 kg
Outside Diameter: 8.00 in / 203mm
Cylinder Lenght: 24.0 in / 60.1 cm

 So, for a while I been diving with Faber Low Pressure Steel 95s, some 100s, 120s, 65s and Al 80s,  and I think it's time I got myself my own pair.   I have been looking for tanks where their height does not exceed 25 inches and it's able to hold quite a bit of air at 3000, but can take more if filled higher.   I was considering getting a Faber 95, which is slightly shorter than the 119 by 0.2 inches and weights 4.8 lbs less.  The Faber 95's service pressure is 2640, but some divers (e.g. cave divers) over pressure them so they reach 129.5 cu ft at 3600 psi.   I probably won't be over pressurizing my 119s past the service pressure of 3442, but if I were to over pressurize them to 3600 then it would hold 128.6 cu ft.  Even though the dimensions are almost the same, I felt more comfortable with the 119 since it seems it’s a stronger tank with thicker walls even though it holds a little less air than the Faber 95 at the same pressure and also weights more when empty.