Brings pictures of Warner Bros cartoons to mind ...=20 One thing about using Aluminium ... If dropped etc it will develop = invisible hairline cracks, which no doubt will have hand grenade like = effects when the vessel no longer can hold itself together. That will be = why you see steel containers used. >>> shb7@CORNELL.EDU 03/05/02 09:01AM >>> Hi all, Thanks for the explanations. I totally misunderstood, I thought this thing he was asking about was an outside water pressure sensor(read the original post too quickly). Wow, 3000psi gas in the tank! I can see why a regulator is an absolute necessity! Sean -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.