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Ted Green wrote: > > > From: Kevin Connell <kevin@nw*.co*> > > > Ted - What is the liability in topping of a trimix? Is someone going to > > accidentally grab my 100lb set of twins and accidentally dive them too > > deep? Will the lower percentage of oxygen cause your compressor to go > > hypoxic, or will the fact the pure O2 came within 1/2 mile of the tanks > > cause the entire > > establishment to go up in flames?? > > > > Kevin, > The liability comes in to play when people ( certainly not > you ) who do this type of gas blending are to cheap to buy the Oxygen > analyser and never analyse the mix before diving it. Sooner or later > they make a mistake, too much Oxygen, and then a next of kin is trying to > sue the store that air topped the tanks that killed the diver. Kevin > before you try and tell me that all these "garage mix wizards" have > Oxygen analysers, remember these are the same people who will not pay the > extra $2 per cylinder for medical grade Oxygen and use ballon grade > Helium instead of 99.97%. Face the facts. Most of these people are to > cheap to buy the mixes and figure they can do it cheaper themselfs. > These people have a copy of gas mixing tables, a bottle of Helium, a > bottle of Oxygen, and a $10 pressure gauge. To them, an Oxygen > analyser is a $150 to $300 waste of money. They will tell you," I > know how to read the table and the pressure gauge, and besides I > don't make mistakes." > If you believe that a dive store couldn't be sued by the next of > kin over a bad mix that the store air topped, then I have a ship > wreck that I would like to sell you! > > Ted > > Ted Green (owner) > Tidewater Aquatics (Dive Store) > Salisbury Maryland USA > TDI IT #029 > SSI MI #178 > > The world contains but three types of people: > 1. Those who make things happen. > 2. Those who watch things happen. > 3. Those who wonder what happened. > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. Ted you really should make an effort to stop these sweeping staments concerning home mix divers. I know it's in your best intrest to not have any home mixxing, but lets get real. I don't know of one person who mixs and doesn't own at least one analayzer. I find it intersting that you are willing to accept without question that there is a big difference in med O2 versus welding ( of course another sweeping statement of what gas WE ALL use), aren't you just trusting your gas supplier as to whats really in the bottle, was it really emptied before it was filled( as you know thats the biggest difference with many suppliers). Ted along with all your sweeping statements can you tell me all dive shop blenders are qualified? Do they all filter properly, and o yeah about O2 cleanning again. I would rather mix my own gas, i know what i'm breathing, i test it and i know what it's limits are. I also drive my own car, boat( master 50 ton), do home repairs, work on my dive gear and sometimes (are you ready for this) dive without a buddy. I really am a little to old to listen to such horseshit from a dive shop owner, esp. sweeping statements with little facts. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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