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JS1SUBAQUA@ao*.co* wrote: > > In a message dated 96-09-18 23:54:11 EDT, you write: > > << 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 >> > > Dear Ray , > > If you STUFF a regulator in your mouth that is not coming from the safety > hanging below your neck -- I must assume that you are approaching panic. In > that case you will probably (if a yoke reg ) try and turn on the valve and > actually turn the yoke screw off and lose the whole dam thing -- > > Another method that works very well is the physical barrier over the > mouthpiece -- we use surgical tubing in an O place over the mouthpiece and > second stage > > A single for the Oxygen and a double for the EAN 36 --- and a tripple for > anything deeper than 130fsw. > > We also keep the valve open just a crack to maintain charge with the 7" hp > hose and a clean set up the risk of a free flow is minimal and we can monitor > the gague at a moments glance as opposed to wondering if it pissed out. > > Joel Silverstein > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. > Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. you guys spend so much time worrying about all this crap do you ever go diving? Do you ever have fun or do you spend your time underwater worrying about how you might die?? nother method that works very well is the physical barrier over the > mouthpiece -- we use surgical tubing in an O place over the mouthpiece and > second stage Does this mean when you panic you'll drown instead of breathing from the wrong reg??? If you're such a fool that you don't know which reg to breath from when or are so worried you might make a mistake you should take up chess. Golf would be to dangerous for you.
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