A Chicago, IL, construction executive, Marc Morale responsibilities range from estimating to managing complex projects. Outside of work, Marc Morale enjoys spending time in the water. He has attained SDI qualifications as a scuba diving instructor.
Both from a comfort and safety standpoint, maintaining personal gear is important for scuba divers. That being said, many serious divers draw the line at purchasing their own scuba tanks. Not only are tanks heavy, bulky, and difficult to travel with, but comfort and fit is not often a significant issue. In addition, the price of renting a tank is typically not much more than getting your own filled with air or gas. One reason for purchasing a tank is a lack of a rental facility near a dive site, which makes returning equipment a hassle. In addition, some diver-specific tank sizes may be uncommon in rental shops in remote locations. Because a typical day of diving often includes more than one dive, scuba enthusiasts who buy tanks usually invest in two or three of them. The most common recreational tank is aluminum and designed to hold 11 liters (or 80 cubic feet) of Nitrox or air at a 2,000 PSI rated pressure (about 200 bar). Larger divers consume more air and may want to increase tank size to the largest available aluminum model, which is the 13-liter 100. Conversely, young or shorter divers may find a 9-liter aluminum 63 sufficient and a better fit. For those who take extended dives, steel cylinders extend internal volume well beyond what aluminum is capable of. The maximum readily available size is a 19-liter model that can hold 150 cubic feet of gas at 3,400 PSI (about 240 bar).
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AuthorMarc Morale founded and has operated Hamilton Construction in Frankfort, Illinois, for over two decades. Archives
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