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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