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Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 09:53:24 -1000 (HST)
From: Richard Pyle <deepreef@bi*.bi*.Ha*.Or*>
To: "A.Appleyard" <A.APPLEYARD@fs*.mt*.um*.ac*.uk*>
Cc: techdiver@terra.net
Subject: Re: rebreathers


>   (1) Which rebreather absorbents can be regenerated by heating? How much do
> they cost? Could this heating be done over a wood fire under remote expedition
> conditions? How many regenerations are they usable for?

I dunno.

>   (2) Cost of rebreather diving: if an oxygen rebreather's absorbent canister
> can be refilled by its owner, how much will it cost for oxygen and absorbent
> in $ per hour diving, compared with an air aqualung?

At Hawaii's prices, it costs me about $2 per hour in scrubber, O2, and 
batteries combined, but I apparently have a very low basic metabolic rate..

Aloha,
Rich

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