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it is not federal law.it is a suggested practice by NOAA.if it is indeed federal law,please enlighten all of us what references you used to find that.i'll run over to the library and look it up,then i'll lick your boots clean if it is there.cut the bs - jt On Tue, 20 Aug 1996, 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- > > > >
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