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>From: Ken Sallot <KEN@co*.ci*.uf*.ed*>
>Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 08:29:49 EST
>Subject: Re: Double Talk (i.e. equipment redundancy)
>
>"redundant bladder" - My drysuit can easily replace a bc without any 
>worries. Even then you could still swim against the weight of the 
>tanks if you had to. A friend and I were about 2600' back in a very 
>low silty section of cave about 6 months ago and the inflator for his 
>BC fell apart (literally) causing his BC to fail.

That's why my BC inflator valve + hose are the same type as that for my
drysuit.  Therefore, I can swap them around so that I always have a working
set on the membrane drysuit to prevent suit squeeze as I only use the BC
for support/comfort on the surface or emergencies. 

Safe Diving, 

Ian (I.Gould@bn*.co*.uk*)

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