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Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 09:58:02 -0500
From: Tony Phillips <ameridiv@ga*.ne*>
To: kirvine@sa*.ne*
CC: David F Pascoe <superd@i-*.co*>, cavers@cavers.com
Subject: Re: o2 for ocean deco
If you can find one the low pressure (2015psi) 14 cuft bottle made by Luxfer is
also great for this purpose. A lot of the time I'm using a 19cuft at 50% and the
14 at 100%. This makes for a very manageable system for ocean diving that
doesn't require long deco.
Tony Phillips

kirvine@sa*.ne* wrote:

> 30 Luxfer to 2000 . That is 20 cu ft. That is a very long time. The
> convenience and ease of using Luxfer 40's and 30's is a lot safer than
> using steels or big tanks. 40's and 30's can also be pulled so easily
> from the hip, where the larger tanks drag down. They are easy to walk
> around the boat with, and to get out of the water with - a big
> consideration in ocean diving.
>
> A 40 of 50/50 and a 30 of oxygen makes ocean deco diving a lot more fun
> and much more practical.
>
> David F Pascoe wrote:
> >
> > as a matter of interest if you use the 30 luxfer that are recommended in
> > dir2 for the final deco stop.... how do you pump to 3k??? yes i know you
> > can use a cleaned haskell but are you guys really doing that or just using
> > partially filled tanks or even a 40 to the 2200 that comes in the o2 tanks
> >
> > no this is not a troll just interested in what you really do
> >
> > thanks



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