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From: <RICK515@de*.co*>
Date: Sat, 04 May 1996 08:21:56 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Nitrox Regs (conversation w/mfr.)
To: techdiver@terra.net

About a year ago I had a fairly long chat with the prsresident of a major 
scuba formirm about this subject.  Basicly what he said was that higher 
percentages of O2 have the protential to increase degrading of o-rings. 
He suggested an increased maint schedule on their products for this reason.

He said that because of this the lawyers had advised them not to "cert" 
their regs for Nitrox use by building a "Nitrox Reg".  It was an accecptable 
risk to offer O2 kits, but not to place say a green nitrox face plate on 
the reg.  

I've had shorter conversations with a couple of other presidents and all of 
them basicly have the same view on the subject,.  In fact several stated 
candidly that one mfr in particular was nuts for building a Nitrox Reg, 
that it was like waving a red flag in the face of some lawyer!

Best
Rick Williams
http://scubacentral.com
webmaster@sc*.co*
rick515@de*.co*

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