Handling Scuba Diving Tanks In The Correct Way

by James T Catrell

When you look at a checklist of all the equipment that you require to scuba dive you have to say that scuba diving tanks are THE most critical. Without tanks there would be no such activity.

Scuba diving tanks are critically important and they are somewhat complicated in the manner in which they are hooked up to the scuba suit and they additionally require specialized handling.

Sometimes, so much time is spent on the various specialized aspects of diving; other critical basics are often ignored. One area is the safety associated with scuba diving tanks.

How TV Throws Over A Negative Influence.

Television has been wrongly blamed for a number of ‘bad influences’ on people’s behavior and if there one area where TV was a bad influence it would be on the safety issues surrounding scuba diving tanks.

This is a serious point as when you watch a television program or a movie; you will notice the scuba diving tanks pointing upwards. This is a serious no-no! The reason is that the tanks contained compressed air and, as anyone who remembers the famous scene in JAWS where Robert Shaw admonished Roy Schieder about haphazard scuba tank handling know; scuba diving tanks contain compressed air.

If the tanks are mishandled, serious damage can occur. (The shark learned this the hard way in the famous ending of the film) When you stand a tank up, there is always the serious danger of the tank falling over. If this occurs, it could dislodge the apparatus on top of the tank.

The end result could very well be a jet of compressed air barrelling out of the end of the tank like a bullet. This can cause a fatality should it impact on a week point of the body. The best way to store a scuba tank is to lie it down flat and to the ground and to lodge it in safely against some sort of supportive padding.

With scuba diving, as with any other sport, safety should always be a major concern. It is too high a price to pay for neglect.

This all adds up to one plain and simple fact that follows good practice and common sense. Anyone who is to handle compressed air tanks or scuba diving tanks needs to ensure that they have the proper qualifications to do so. If they have not then the results can be cataclysmic.

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