And Dacor was showing this rig off?    You got to be kidding!

Randy Sullivan
Sault Ste. Marie, Ont
sulteck@ic*.ne*
-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Breazile <breazile@ne*.co*>
To: captjt@mi*.co* <captjt@mi*.co*>; techdiver@aquanaut.com
<techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Date: Wednesday, February 18, 1998 9:37 PM
Subject: dacor 1998 buyer's guide


>>I'm having a hard time getting my girlfirend to understand that they sould
>>not be selling the twin-cylinder manifold 2001-00 as listed on page 49 and
>>also shown setup on pg.22 She is an Instrutor and she says that I've
become
>>tech asshole that it would tested tobe safe or it would not be forsale.I
>>told her that it was unsafe for many reasons and you guys out there know
>>>she has said prove it so does anyone have any facts,like testing or
deaths
>>to found with sucicde rig!
>>
>>Capt.J.T.
>
>Would that be the twin setup that Dacor had a DEMA? Is that the manifold
setup
>that allows you to use just 1 first stage, and orient the tank knobs so
they
>are almost impossible to reach, so you can not shut down a tank in the case
of
>a neck o-ring, or a burst disc failure? Could it be the one that makes sure
>you have no good regs (only 1 first stage) if the HP seat fails, etc? :-O
>
>I took a peek at DEMA, and it was a mind twister. It looked like 2 yoke
connections
>hooked together with an outlet in the middle. The tanks are oriented so 1
knob is
>pointing at your back, and the other is pointing 180 degrees (away from
your back).
>
>My initial reaction was:
>
>   "OK, where is the isolator..."
>   "uh, well, only 1 reg, so isolate what?"
>   "OK, uh, how do I shut down a tank?
>   "Uh, I can't reach the knob"
>   "Looking around...hey, there is the Scubapro booth (walking away)"
>
>-Jon
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