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In Europe we have a big problem in that government is trying to estabalish a dedicated sytem. It has always been requied in Germany and it took us two years to be able to legally produce EANx there and a lot of hard work on behalf of Bennie and Marion (IANTD Germany). At this time in the USA we do not and hopefully will not ever have to go the dedicated valves etc. Can you imagine EANx valves, Trimix valves and air valves. Instructors would go bankrupt just trying to supply tanks and regulators and all of us as divers would most likely become outlaws. of course it would create a good market foir conversion kits. tom You wrote: > >At 09:17 AM 3/13/96 EST, you wrote: >> >> >>At TEK, the Scubapro rep told me that the industry wants all nitrox contained >>in, and breathed through nitrox dedicated, incompatible-with-air components. >>I >>We should see the writing on the wall. They want our money. > >Whatever made you think differently?Scubapro is famous for this.They make a >fine product,but their policies are totally retail-oriented.I sold & >maintained scubapro regs for years,but i gave them up when i left the >business & could no longer obtain parts.For awhile,I bit the bullet & paid >to have the regs serviced,even tho I was qualified to do the service >myself.I gave that up when I saw one of the shop's techs attack my reg with >a vise & a 15" crescent wrench. > The biggest reason for an air-incompatible system from their standpoint >is one of liability.It's the same reason why hp & lp ports on regs are now >different sizes (they didnt used to be).A shop in California sold someone an >LP inflator hose,& the idiot screwed it into an HP port,where it promptly >blew up in his face.Both they & the manufacturer got sued,and lo & behold,we >now have different sized ports so the individual has to intentionally bypass >the incompatibility. > To a certain extent,it's been that way for years with commercial gas >mixtures;gases suitable for human consumption have a different fitting than >inert gases (like CO2 vs. O2 ).Personally,I think a dedicated nitrox reg is >a good idea;I'm just not sure I want the industry forcing it on me. >John Dunk > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. >Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. >
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