I got my hands on a copy fo the 1989 edition (I don't have a more recent copy) of the Section VIII, Div. 1 B&PV code per SBush's suggestion.
The U-1 Scope section reads:
(c) The following classes of vessels are not considered to be within the scope of this Division:
(6) a vessel for containing...
I have my scuba gear and flippers... bring on the filter vessel !!! Actually, this filter is located outdoors in a somewhat remote location... so in the very unlikely event it lets loose I'm not worried about the water. Bigger concern would be any injuries from the immediate failure. But as...
Jte, thanks for the more thoughtful post this time, I guess your first post was meant to be sarcastic/funny, but it was thoroughly unhelpful.
Sbush is dead on... it's a very grey thing... not obvious on what to do. I'm all about being safe, but I'm not about throwing good money after bad just...
Thanks S.Bush ! Exactly what I was looking for... I'll have to try and get a copy of the code to review that section (I probably should have started with that).
Just odd that most folks can't explain this, especially those folks that are making these pressurized water filters.
Thanks Patricia. I noticed the sarcasm pooling around JT's e-mail...
Not trying to shortcut anything, want to do what's right, but don't want to overkill it. This vendor has sold several non-coded vessels in the same application... so either all those companies are stupid/crazy/ignorant, or...
We are looking to add a large multimedia filter to filter the city water coming into our plant (we have issues with high SDI into our RO system).
This filter is a large horizontal vessel (8' dia. x 40' long). The vendor sells these as non-coded vessels, but for an adder can build per code and...
