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Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 07:32:23 -0500 (EST)
From: Ken Sallot <afn35346@af*.or*>
To: Jammer <jammer@oz*.ne*>
Cc: tech list <techdiver@terra.net>
Subject: Re: Nitrox / Cylinder Labeling
On Tue, 21 Nov 1995, Jammer wrote:

> The same problem would exist.
> 
> The problem is not that markings were unavailable, or even that the tanks 
> wern't marked.
> 
> The problem was the "standard" that they were marked to.
> 
> No one agrees on a single standard, (as demonstrated by the various 
> marking conventions mentioned here), and the captain had air in marked 
> tanks.

Here's a standard that works:

1) Put the MOD in big letters on the tank, then the mix next to it so your 
buddy and you can read the maximum depth to use the tank.

2) Put a warning label, "Warning, use of this tank will probably case 
your untimely death".

That should get people to leave your tanks alone.

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Ken Sallot        "Your trim goes to hell when you run out of air"
afn35346@af*.or*                                         - Jim Wei
http://grove.ufl.edu/~ken/

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