Mark, either I have misread what you wrote, or you don't understand 
     how the manifold works.
     
     When you shut down one valve, you've isolated one regulator, not the 
     gas inside that tank. You still have access to the entire gas supply.
     
     When you shut the isolator, you've split the gas supply. Once you've 
     identified the problem you can shut the defective side, reopen the 
     isolator and access all the gas.
     
     That's the beauty of the manifold.
Andy Cohen
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Subject: Re: My question about independents
Author:  mark@mr*.co* at EXTERNAL
If you have to shut down one side of your manifold you 
are, in effect, now diving independants with one bad tank.
But YOU HAD TO TURN A VALVE AND SWITCH A REG. An independant 
diver ONLY HAD TO SWITCH A REG. He doesn't HAVE TO shut
down the damaged tank because he won't be able to use it 
anyhow. If he does NEED that gas, it is again a mangement 
problem not a system error.

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