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On 8/6/97 11:32 PM Bill Bott wrote: >Jim, > >I'm not about to argue that most of what is required at a dive shop is BS. >Nor will I stand in this forum and make doomsday predictions for those who >don't follow any recommendation for Oxygen handling or storage. I'm sure >George has done more fills than I have and never had an accident. And = more >than likely never will. However, what others do is not my problem anyway! > >What I am saying is that I fill in a dive shop. To meet insurance and = OSHA >requirements I will continue to require a certain MINAMUM level of >compliance. End of story!!! Fine. Go for it. Let everyone know where your shop is so we can avoid = it at all costs. >I ask nothing of anyone else that I don=EDt do myself. There are NO = double >standards. There are NO exceptions!!! I spelled it out before but here = it >is again : > >1) You must be certified for the gas requested > >2) The tanks must be current for both Visual and Hydro > >3) If Oxygen is to be added they must comply with ONE OR MORE agencies >standards (To put it bluntly the tank must be stickered for Oxygen service >within the last 12 months). > >4) If tanks are filled with a gas other than air the customer MUST = analyze >the tanks and sign a waver stating the FO2 and MOD of the gas before >leaving with the gas. > >5) The tanks MUST be labeled with the contents and MOD if they contain >other than air. > >If you feel that is to restrictive TUFF!!! My tanks meet this set of >requirements. And if I mix gas for you at the dive shop YOURS WILL TOO!!! >I guess by your tone I won't find you at the shops in N. C. if you think >I'm unreasonable. Bingo! >We both know that the "O2 clean" stuff is BS but that to is TUFF!!! The >first time you get a single grain of sand, dust dirt or anything in the >valve it is no longer "Oxygen Compatible" by the truest definition. But = if >you have the valve and tank cleaned once a year you meet the requirements >of the insurance companies and the likes. BS??? Your DAMN RIGHT its = BS!!! > But that is what is required. And frankly the amount of work required to >do a cleaning is worth much more than the money the shop charges. Well now, here's a newsflash. Now sand reacts with oxygen. >Now Do you want to argue about a bunch of BS or do you want to dive?? Me >I=EDm diving!! So I think I=EDll take my "Oxygen Clean" tanks, mix some = gas >and dive! If you want to continue this I=EDll be at the dive shop I'm diving too, just without giving your dive shop or any other like = you any of my hard earned money. If you think these rules are BS yet = still abide by them without any kicking or screaming, just where do = your principles lay? Jim -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send list subscription requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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