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Old 26-02-04, 02:06 PM
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Quote[/b] (Julia C @ Feb. 26 2004,08:07)]Got a couple of 12 litre cylinders in my garage that were filled about 5 months ago (before i swapped onto the twin 10s) and started wondering if i was going to use them whether i should empty them and get a fresh fill. My natural caution would normally lead me to do this as a matter of course but it got me thinking that i have never read anything anywhere about whether air can go off in some way stored at 230 bar pressure so maybe i am being unnecessarily cautious.
The only possible dangers are either:

a) they were filled with bad air five months ago or

b) if water has gone inside the tanks then there is a chance that they have rusted inside and the rush has used up some of the oxygen.

You'll probably be alright but testing it with an O2 anayser wouldn't hurt :-)
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