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Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 17:48:30 -0700
From: "George M. Irvine III" <gmiiii@in*.co*>
Subject: Re: Cleaning regulators
To: iantdhq@ix*.ne*.co* (IANTD ), saphire@ix*.ne*.co* (joan coval)
Cc: techdiver@terra.net

  It is bullshit. - G

On Tue, 20 Aug 1996, iantdhq@ix*.ne*.co* (IANTD ) wrote:
>Joan 
>You are totally wrong, NOAA uses partial pressure filling into oxygen 
>service cylinders only. In fact NOAA rarely partial pressure fills they 
>normally use continious blending on mixes up to 40%.
>On these mixes they do not clean regulators. They must clean anything 
>above 40% as it is federal law.
>If you check the research you will discover there is justification for 
>the laws that require oxygen cleaning on mixes above 40% or any time 
>one is partial pressure blending. 
>I will be glad to supply you with the NAVY, COASDT guard, OSHA, NOAA, 
>and hundreds of pare on the subject.
>Tom Mount
>You wrote: 
>>
>>You wrote: 
>>>
>>>Should a regulator be cleaned for pure O2 or is it another B.S. O2 
>>cleaning ?
>>>
>>                                                                      
>>Gil.
>>>
>>
>>Gil,
>>
>>This is one of the purest forms of bullshit in existance.
>>
>>This is a lie that is being propogated  by dive equipment
>>manufacturers, dive shops, and dive training agencies to separate
>>the diving public from their hard earned money.
>>
>>Ignition of pure oxygen is only a problem at pressures OVER 10,000
>>psig.
>>
>>NOAA and other agencies and individuals have been partial filling
>>cylinders using pure oxygen for better than 50 years as well as using
>>standard off the shelf regulators  WITHOUT  failure of any of these
>>devices due to filling or breathing pure oxygen.
>>
>>-Joan-
>>
>
>

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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