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Have you ever used your pony, Ted? Jim On 1/24/98 2:20 PM Ted Green wrote: > >> From: Jim Cobb <cobber@ci*.co*> > >> Ted- >> >> I have some questions about your back mounting: > > Ok Jim, let me see if I can help you. > >> -How do you check the pressure of your pony while underwater? > > With a pressure guage. > >> -If you use a gauge, how do you have the gauge rigged? > > With a standard length hose that is attached on the right side > of my harness. >> -How do you keep the bottle and hoses from snagging fishing line, reel >> line, nets, etc.? > > I have never had it snag on any of the above, and doubt that it > would be any more likely to snag than my main tank. If the pony > were to get snagged on any thing, I would deal with it in the > same way as if my main tank had been snagged, cut whatever I was > snagged in. > >> -Can you quickly and easily pull it off when you have to while underwater? > > You don't. There is no reason to. > >> -Can you quickly and easily put it back on while underwater? > > See above. > >> -How do you check for leaks during the dive? > > Check your pressure guage every few minutes. If the pressure is > dropping you have a leak and it's time to end the dive. If my > main tank regulator were to develop a leak I would also end the > dive..........wouldn't you? > >> -If you do the above, how many times during the dive do you check? > > About once every 5 minutes. > >> -Can you reach the valve? > > There is no need to reach the valve. If you develop a leak it is > time to end the dive and there is no need to shut down the > regulator as it in no way will it effect your main tank air > supply. > >> -Isn't this weight on the side of your tank just one more thing to fall >> off or snag? > > Personally I don't use a weight. The balance isn't a problem > for me. If you can't securely attach the weight, then I dought > that you can mount your tank to your BC. If your afraid of > getting snagged, go back to the swimming pool where it's safe. > Sooner or later you will get snagged on something, and you just > have to be prepared to deal with it. > >> -How does this weight account for hydrodynamic drag unbalance? > > The weight is to counter the buoyancy difference. As for drag > unbalance, there is more drag effect from my camera gear, or > bug bag, or spear gun, or whatever else I am taking on the > dive with me. > >> -What do you say to the diver next to you in the tank rack when you bash >> your pony into his gear? > > I am careful, and thus don't have that problem. By the way, > last time I checked, my single with a pony wasn't as wide as > your doubles. > >> You might ask these same questions for those who strap a pony between >> your doubles. > > Funny, I don't remember suggesting a back mounted pony with > doubles. > >> Note that none of these questions have to asked for a stage rigged bottle. > > That's true. > > > Ted > ------------------------------------------------------------------- Learn About Trimix At http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/trimix.html -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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