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Seems like it would take a bit more scrubber than any toy you have used..
Jeff

William M. Smithers wrote:

> On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, Jess Armantrout wrote:
>
> > Is that two to three hours dive to > 250fsw BOTTOM TIME?
> >
>
> It doesn't really matter - as long as you don't sawtooth
> around on the dive or clear your mask too much,  the
> amount of helium you use doesn't depend on the length
> of the dive.  The only time you need to add diluent is
> during descent - once you arrive at your bottom depth,
> you usually don't need to add any more gas, no matter
> how long you're down there.
>
> You could probably pull three hours bottom time at
> Wakulla and still use only four or five cubic ft of diluent.
> You would probably burn through about 25 cu. ft of
> O2 in the process, if you include a 7-8 hour deco.
>
> Regards,
>
> -Will
>



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Jeff Bentley     jbentley@cr*.co*    http://www.crl.com/~jbentley


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