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Actually, I think the better reason to pressurize the deco reg then turn it off is to guard against that inevitable day when Murphy makes you do something dumb - like stuffing the wrong regulator in your mouth...if you can't suck in any deco mix on the bottom, you can't OD on O2. You're too great a superdiver for this ever to happen to you? Yeah, right! Ray At 05:58 PM 9/18/96 -0700, you wrote: >At 1:35 PM 9/18/96, Steven R Feltner wrote: > >> Also, since this was strictly a deco mix, I tested the reg at the >> surface, then shut the valve off. I turned it on only during the >> deco stops. Is this the generally accepted practice, or do you >> always leave all of your gas on all of the time? Why? > >Steve - > >Some people turn the reg off after testing it on the surface, then turn >it on again periodically as they descend to keep water from reaching >the 1st stage. Others turn it on and leave it on. The reason to not leave >it on is that some folks think they might have an unnoticed freeflow on >the deco reg. Personally, I figure if you don't notice that your >deco reg is freeflowing you probably aren't in a position to care. > >I've never seen anyone mount the bottle upside down like that, but I >can see why you'd do it. > >Regards, >Scott. > > > > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. >Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. > >
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