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Pete - I thought we were talking dioxide, not monoxide. Buy a mini co if youare worried about it, you can taste the other byproducts of combustion, not the co, and so what if there is co in your bottom mix? You are a doctor, figure this one out so I do not have to make fun of you again. Also, I use the Aviators oxygen so that I don't worry about a scrweup with the welding bottles. Helium is not used with torches, so it makes no difference. There is no water in any of them. Pete - you need to stop listening to dive shop monkeys -they are making you crazy On Wed, 26 Jun 1996, "Peter N.R. Heseltine" <heseltin@hs*.us*.ed*> wrote: >Paul, > >Re your post: That's *exactly* what I've been trying to say. But unless I >have missed many posts, I think I hear George and others saying that >industrial gas is as good as or better (and cheaper) than medical gas. > >There are places where medical gas O2 costs are outtasight - most of South >America for example. Try buying medical O2 in Patagonia or parts of Brazil >- you'll need to mortgage your gran. So if people are going to get gas >from commercial sources, wouldn't it be nice to know what standards are >out there. Then at least you could ask whether your commercial supplier >meets them. > >George's comment that you will always know when you have a CO fill is just >not true. People die every year from CO poisoning (at much lower pCOs than >diving and some while they are diving. You can't always rely on their >beinghydrocarbons for your to taste/smell) because they realize too late >that it's odorless, colorless and tasteless. You can even be a major >tennis star, and get killed by your home heater. More important, very low >concentrations can significantly impair you without killing you directly - >that's called a SCUBA "accident" when you die making the wrong decision. >CO poisoning has "interesting" long-term neuropsychiatric sequellae for >the survivor. > >Now George, before you spank my pony, no one is calling into question >certified suppliers in countries where the O2 manufacturer supplies both >industry and hospitals - just that it seems reasonable to check CO in >places where you have doubts about compliance with the standards. > >whew > >Peter Heseltine > > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. >Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. > >
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