Yeah, you can drop by work and have a look at the place. See all the taco stuff :-) And yes, can be cracked weld from stress cycles. A weak weld or maybe porosity in weld etc. I can have a look at it and make up a pressure testing set up. I have a spare stant cap. Probably easiest to pressure from one of the outlet inlet barbs. Alistair > On Jul 21, 2021, at 9:31 AM, Bruce Todd <beeceetee@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > Hey Alistair - > > Maybe I can drop it off to you next week and you can give it a good go over as I'll be on my way to Cowichan Lake! Anyway - checking to see if the GW supplier here in town has another aluminum tank to swap as a warranty. If nothing is available I'll be going back to plastic for a little while...kicking myself that I didn't keep the plastic tank I had...or where the heck I stored it. > > I find it interesting that after 3.5 months now a leak is appearing - it is very minor and dripping only under pressure. So how would a seam weld alter over time - possibly a slight flaw and through the heat of the tank expanding and contracting over the last number of trips a deep enough crack has formed? If so, you would think testing should involve more than pressure testing. X Raying the seams perhaps? - That would increase the cost at the end of the day....likely just a big fluke. > > BT > |
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