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I'm not sure whether this is a FAQ and have been having difficulty accessing the full techdiver archive, so here goes... Using nitrox to decompress after a deep dive looks to give substantial advantages, either to increase safety margins or to decrease deco time for the same safety margin. Using one of the pc packages (such as "Abyss") will allow the gas switch at deco depth and hence calculate the reduced deco time for a pre-planned dive profile (rectangular or otherwise). This is fine if you have a rigid dive plan (knowing precise time to decend, bottom depth, etc). Furthermore, having started the dive trip using nitrox/air tables, I am stuck with these tables and cannot use my existing computer for any following dives within 12/24 (?) hours. What I would like to do is to dive more flexibly than this. On any given dive, I might not know the precise dive details beforehand for any one of a number of reasons. My present air computer (Monitor II) allows me to dive in the way I wish. ie I have a dive plan, but can modify it either pre-dive or during a dive as conditions dictate. What I would like to do is to dive in the same way using a nitrox computer. Do any of the nitrox computers coming onto the market allow a mid-dive gas switch from air to nitrox at the deco stop ? If the answer to this is 'no', how do divers cope with the need to dive flexibly and the desire to reduce deco times using nitrox ? I can't see me taking a laptop computer out in an inflatable boat to cut a new nitrox deco table for a second or third dive, once I have decided where/when/how deep this is going to be. Alternatively, from experience of the sort of diving we do and the lack of control of all the parameters, I cannot see me planning precisely all the dives at the beginning of the day (or the night before) and having everything 'run like clockwork'. Any suggestions ? Regards, Steve M. ****************************************************************************** * * * Dr. S. G. Millard * E-Mail : ec96@li*.ac*.uk* * * * Department of Civil Engineering, * Tel : 051 794 5224 (UK) * University of Liverpool, * 44 51 794 5224 (Intern * PO Box 147, * ational) * Liverpool L69 3BX, * Fax : 051 794 5218 (UK) * UK. * 44 51 795 5218 (Intern * * ational) *******************************************************************************
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