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In message <v01510100ad23d050b798@[129.16.53.71]>, Sten Meyer <m87stme@mt*.ch*.se*> writes Hi Sten > >I questioned this supposed european fitting. Rick Williams anwered that >more than one Scubapro employee had told him that this european standard >shuld be intruduced in 1996. He had no name or nuber of the supposed >standard (prEN, EN), and did not know what comitte was supposed to have put >it out. A freind at my universiti is on the Swedish sub comitte working >with the CEN standard for diving equipment. I find it unlikley that a >standard would be ready for implementation without their knowledge. What is >your function in this? We are involved in the whole compatability issue in the UK. The industry representatives (SITA) Scuba Industries Trade Association are discussing the issue right now.My involvement is via my board position with IANTD in the UK. As far as adopting any different connections goes the concensis of opinion is that it will not happen (just look at the wild variation in european std for compressed gas cylinders) The problem with this kind of thing is the people on the sub committee's have a vested interest :-) > >Interspiro/AGA has two propietary DIN477 derivatives for the two nitrox >mixtures used in the ACSC/DCSC. They look like a 300 bar but with fine >threads, and a tube extending in the end, like the 300 bar filling hose. Draeger have a proprietary male cylinder connection also. > >PS: In sweden our HSE equivalent as a 23% O2 rule. Bullshit or not, it is >the law. /S I'm sure it is, but as far as the UK goes right now it is BS. The whole problem of Nitrox use is being looked at from completely the wrong angle. NOBODY has been killed using so called 'dirty' equipment. Deaths have occured from people breathing the wrong gas at the wrong depth. No amount of fancy connector will prevent this. (jump in here George). Regards Chris Hellas
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