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Why should a diver spend that much money for a product that has to be reparied as soon as you by it? ---------- > From: Bill Mee <wwm@sa*.ne*> > To: Diver69500 <Diver69500@ao*.co*> > Cc: gmirvine@sa*.ne*; techdiver@aquanaut.com; cavers@ww*.ge*.co* > Subject: Re: Georges comments on myself trying to sell a scooter > Date: Monday, January 05, 1998 7:52 PM > > Charles, > > Goerge is completely correct. Farallons are marginally reliable and > impractical for any serious socalled "technical" diving. You have > obviously concluded this yourself and this is why you are selling the > damn thing. BTW, since when is Peter Vicker's a "legitimate" company? > > Your childish comments about Jason and Tom's scooters constructed by us > are uninformed rubbish. Your socalled "technical" diving buddies > couldn't even repair a "complex device" like a reed switch and returned > the entire scooter which George immediately repaired and returned to > them. As for the length of the scooters being different this is utter > nonsense. The bodies are precisely cut and turned on a CNC lathe and are > very accurate. You are mistakenly referring to the internal bulkhead > spacing on the batteries which only serves to prove that you have no > idea of what you are talking about and is yet another reason why you > should call the make a wish foundation to remove your Farallon > immediately. > > The original motor is manufactured by Oceanic (Mako) and they do not > warrant this motor; however George does accept full responsiblity for > the motor and replaces or repairs, at his often considerable expense any > problem motors. George personally dismantles, tests and reassembles the > Mako motors upon receiving them from the factory. These shunt wound > fractional horsepower DC electric motors are not high technology devices > and like anything else are subject to failure. George personally > warrants these devices despite the fact that the manufacturer accepts no > responsibility. Any WKPP scooter which experiences a problem or has been > damaged in such cataclysmic events as a car accident have been repaired > by George at no charge. I can assure you that the failure modes on a > WKPP scooter are significantly less than anything else out there. > > As for the buoyancy, Jason and Tom were informed that the ballasting of > the scooters must be changed for usage in salt water. An addtional 2 lbs > of weight must be added to the unit to neutralize it for usage in > seawater, although a highly technical concept such as water density > might elude certain individuals. With respect to the speed these systems > are not designed to be extremely fast (150 - 200 fpm), but rather very > reliable. All of the WKPPs extreme exposure long range cave dives have > been accomplished with these scooters and nobody is still in the cave. > > You comments are incoherent, ill advised and only demonstrate why you > should probably sell all of your dive gear and take up golf. > > Regards, > > Bill Mee -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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