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> To tell you the truth, the more I see it, the shallower I make my aed
> for nitrogen. The problem then becomes that you do not have as much gas
> due to the lower degree of compressibility.
This much I agree with - I started limiting my PN2 to about 2.5 atm as
soon as I started using the rebreather. The compressibility issue is
insignificant with a rebreather - even a semi-closed one. Put N2 in your
bailout cylinders. The only reason I use nitrogen at all anymore is to
alleviate the "helium willies", which I know you already know about.
> Personally, I do not like the feel of a 130 air dive later on, so there
> is some kind of damage, so maybe just having ANY helium works, since a
> 130 trimix dive does not produce the same effect, and a 130 aed trimix
> dive does not produce the same ell as a 130 air dive.
Everytime I go deeper than 100 feet on air I feel like shit that night
and the next morning. I realized that I always felt that way before, but
just figured it was related to diving in general. I don't feel that way
at all with the helium - not even after the days where I do two deep
ones, and even on dives when the PN2 is greater than it is for air at
100-130. I don't think it's the presence of helium as much as it is the
elevated O2 on deco.
> I am just going with what my experience tells me, but now we are in the
> mood to take it further to see hat the story is, besides, I like rabbit.
When you do these experiments, let me know how the rabbit tells you
when its shoulder hurts.
Don't get me wrong, george - I keep the N2 to a minimum also. It's just that
I am smart enough to know that "quickie" explanations like the RBC rigidity
thing are usually only a small part of the full picture, if any part at all.
I am also very dubious about doing deco on helium as compared to doing the
bottom on helium and the deco on N2.
Rich
Richard Pyle
Ichthyology, Bishop Museum deepreef@bi*.bi*.ha*.or*
1525 Bernice St. PH: (808) 848-4115
Honolulu, HI 96817-0916 FAX: (808) 841-8968
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