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To: Jason
To: Rogers <gasdive@sy*.di*.oz*.au*>
Subject: Re: Tank Sources
From: Richard Pyle <deepreef@bi*.bi*.ha*.or*>
Cc: techdiver@opal.com
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 1994 07:51:07 +22305714 (HST)
On Sun, 28 Aug 1994, Jason Rogers wrote:

> Hi guys,
> 
> Richard Pyle writes that he uses industrial grade oxygen.
> 
> I've always used medical grade [B.P. - US equivalent is U.S.P grade I think]
> 
> It all comes out of the same source at the factory, but they take more care
> to ensure that no contaminents reach the gas, and it isn't much more
> expensive, so why not use it.  I'm sure that if your gas supplier found out
> you were inhaling industrial grade they would freak out.
> I'm not criticising, it just seems odd.

That's why I don't tell the gas supplier what I'm using it for....

Besides the fact that Medical grade is MUCH more expensive here, at
present I need a perscription to obtain it.  In discussing this issue with
many other tech divers around the world, I find that I am certainly not
alone in opting for Industrial grade.

Aloha,

Rich


deepreef@bi*.bi*.ha*.or*

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