On Wed, 26 Jun 1996, Scott Cherf wrote:

> At 7:23 AM 6/26/96, Dennis Pierce wrote:
> >it's more like 5k and all parts except the tanks of this unit has over
> >3.5 million man hours of testing on them all over the world for over
> >20 years.
> 
> Dennis -
> 
> Going back a couple of years, I recall long conversations about why the
> average diver shouldn't consider buying or using surplus military
> re-breathers (i.e. the Mk16 or Mk15.5) because the units had been designed
> for use by the military with no concern for servicability. 

don't remember these conversations, i would expect any piece of
equiptment, made for the military would be built with servicability.. even
in the field under extreme circumstances..


i would think the concern in those conversations would have been training,
and lack of parts manuals etc.

dp



 I know it
> was said at least once that 'these units require excessive amounts of
> pre-dive setup'.  Statements like 'you need to almost re-build the units
> after every dive' were made.
> 
> How much of this is still true with the CCR500, and how much of it was
> hogwash from the start?
> 

there are issues here, i think rod or kevin would be best to answer this
question..

dp




> Thanks,
> Scott.
> 
> 

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