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> marketing blunder. Despite what *may* be better tradeoffs for a segment 
> of the diving community, you have to admit that not showing up with A 
> working unit gives an impression like vaporware or manufacturing 
> problems. In the worst case, an instructor could have been paid to show 
> up with a working unit. Other evidence to the contrary, it leads one to 
> question whether or not this is a fielded unit.


especially since at least two people on this list have these units
in their garages...

great point.


> 
> >Safety is superior in the Odyssey because it does not rely on 
> electronics 
> >which will potentially fail, and in so doing allow a diver to become 
> hypoxic 
> >should there be a gas addition failure.
> 
> Every element in a diving rig has potential for failure. If we're 
> talking MTBF, then the electronics themselves will not contribute 
> significantly to the MTBF attributable to the mechanical components. 
> The FIT rate of semicondutors is substantially lower than any 
> mechanical component that I've reviewed. Of course, case fittings etc 
> can reduce SYSTEM reliability.
> 
> BTW, there are a number of design techniques used in other life support 
> equipment that are failsafe when the electronics fail. 
> 
 yep.

dp

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