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John, call Harvard and demand your money back for that physics degree. I would insist on it. There is nobody on this list who has both an iq above room temperature and any diving experience. Try writing "Dear Abbey". -G On 13 Aug 96, "JHEIMANN.US.ORACLE.COM" <JHEIMANN@us*.or*.co*> wrote: >I have been thinking about some deep diving in Lake Tahoe, which is at an >altitude of approx. 6000'. I know that decompression profiles are >significantly changed by the reduced atmospheric pressure. What I have been >wondering is how depth limits based on PO2s are affected. At first thought, I >would think that one could breathe a given mix at a deeper depth than at sea >level, since the absolute pressure at any given depth is less than at sea >level. E.g., a decompressing diver could go on O2 at something like 24 ffw >instead of 20 ffw and still maintain a PO2 limit of 1.6 ATA (I don't want to >argue here about whether 1.6 ATAs PO2 when breathing O2 at 20 fsw is safe; >this is just an example). > >John > >------------------------------------------------------------ >John H. Heimann Sr. Product Manager >Oracle Corporation Security Products >500 Oracle Pkwy, Box 659410 415-506-9750 (phone) >Redwood Shores, CA 94065 415-506-7226 (fax) > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. >Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. > > George M. Irvine III DIR WKPP 1400 SE 11 ST Ft Lauderdale, FL 33316 954-493-6655 FAX 6698 Email gmiiii@in*.co*
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