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First, if the diver did screw up the reg switch and go to long hose from the back gas instead of his stage or deco tank, it would not be an immediately fatal error since the back tanks alway hold the deepest mix you will breathe. So, no tox. Second, the procedure I learned, when using mulitple tanks and mixes, the valve on all stage and deco tanks is turned off until you use them. When switching to a stage or deco tank the diver first checks to make sure they turned on the valve for the proper tank and then the diver's partner checks and verifies the reg/hose/tank/label before the diver breathes the reg. Third, I don't put bolt clips on stage or deco regs to park them. The reg always goes back to the tank when not in use. Skip At 01:56 PM 5/4/99 +0000, you wrote: ><kirvine@sa*.ne*> tells <limon714@ao*.co*>: >> Tough Guy - reread my stuff: the unused hoses are all parked on their >> respective bottles - you figure it out. Nobody wants to do it the easy >> way, do they? >> >> The real answer is try diving with people who give a shit about what is >> going on around them, and people who will deal with situation. > >Okay, but there's still one question. All stage hoses but one are >parked, you can spot the backup by its necklace, but your buddy now has >two hoses coming around the back of his neck and over his right shoulder, >with identical second stages, and both have bolt clips for parking. How >can you quickly spot that he hasn't bobbled the reg switch, parked the >stage reg on his right chest D-ring, and gone back to the long hose? > >I can see at least one good answer, but it might be good to hear the >official word for the benefit of those who don't dare stand up and ask. > >-- >Anthony DeBoer <adb@on*.ca*>
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