On Wed, 26 Jun 1996, rfarb wrote:

> Scott, what you have been told is pure wash of hogs. They are imminently 
> servicable, do not require a rebuild before or after every dive. Like all 
> complex pieces of equipment, you must have proper training and most 
> importantly- perhaps the most important thing- is that you must have 
> experience with the unit- many hours- and you must own one personally and 
> use it. The MK16 is not as good a unit for me as the Mk15.5. For the 
> military- it may be great but for what I do it lacks some basic features 
> which I would add to a 16 if I got one which I don't want because I 
> already have a 15.5 that I have configured even further for my use. As a 
> first test of anyone claiming to be a rebreather instructor, ask them if 
> they own a rebreather. If the answer is no- even if there are claims that 
> "I use one from the shop every day"- then tell them they are not a 
> rebreather instructor. 



When they whip out their rebreather instructor 
> certification card, note the agency and post it on techdiver so we know 
> where we can buy rebreather instructor certification cards from a 
> bullshit agency. Rod

as always you speak with wisdom... and if anyone wants a rebreather
instructor trainer card they can have mine.. just take it to kinkos and
use a little white out...

dp



> 
> 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.  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?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Scott.
> > 
> > 
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