austin.1

i just bought a 20 oz co2 tank online (not allowed to post site, PM me if you want the site i bought it from). the brand seems to be Catalina Cylinders.

i can't find a hydro date on the thing anywhere. shouldn't all co2 tanks have one?

in the corner of the label in small print it says "Rev 10/02". is that a date of any significance?

if pics of the label would do any good i may be able to supply them.

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if it is a chromolly tank, it will never need hydro. Rev=Revision.

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austin.1

i don't think it's a chromolly. it doesn't say anything about chromolly anywhere on it. don't all the chromolly tanks have a rounded bottom instead of a flat one? it just looks like any old 20oz co2.

how can i tell if it's chromolly?

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RunningRioT

if its heavier and a bit smaller than an aluminum 20oz.

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it's alum. it says on the bottle "high pressure aluminum alloy cylinder"

and shouldn't all alum co2 tanks have a hydro date on them?

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yea they should.

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austin.1

um... well then. i suppose i should get in touch with catalina cylinders.

EDIT: thanks very much for the help btw

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Alpha

Did you check the bottom? Or around the first quarter of the cyliner, where its rounded off a bit?

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butterjuice

it would probably be easier and mabye even cheaper to just buy a new tank when the hydro date approaches.....u can find 20 oz for $15 easy...

if u just bought it then the hydro won't be for about 10 years.....CO2 tanks don't need it as often as HPA

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If its over 2" in thickness it needs to be rehydrod. I think 20oz generally are. But, it's useless to send it out when you can just buy a new tank for about the same price

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austin.1

i looked at the bottom and the top where it's rounded off and there are a bunch of numbers/letters stamped in there. nothing that looks like a hydro date or any date at all. a hydro date wouldn't be stamped right into the metal, correct?

it's a brand new tank so i'm not worried about the thing blowing up in my face as soon as i get it filled. i'm just a bit confused.

thanks for all the help

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Torch

One of the kids in the club here has two older looking tanks that I couldn't find any sort of date on. I'll have to look again next time I see him.

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