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And then you must say "don't touch the fucking valves" when the question is asked "is your air on?". Jim On 6/6/98 7:01 AM George Wentland wrote: >> >>Once, just before >> >I dropped over the side I had a diso deck hand turn both my >> >tank valves off when he thought he was turning them on, then >> >he backed 'em up half a turn so I couldn't tell. >> > >In regards to this statement, this has happened to me also years ago. I >came up with a preventative measure to keep it from happening again. >Before I jump in, I take several deep, quick breaths from my 2nd stage >while watching my pressure gauge. If the tank/manifold valve is >partially closed the needle on the SPG will fluctuate with each breath. >If it is closed all the way the needle will drop. This also gives a last >minute check of your regulators. (For what it's worth) >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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