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>From: Phil Clarke <phil.clarke@bt*.bt*.co*.uk*> >To: "'wwm@sa*.ne*'" <wwm@sa*.ne*> >Cc: "'cavers@ca*.co*'" <cavers@ca*.co*>, > "'techdiver@aquanaut.com'" <techdiver@aquanaut.com> >Subject: Captains Dozen Plus: teach me >Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 11:07:00 +0100 > >more importantly, how does one avoid putting the wrong reg in the mouth? >When someone brains themselves with the wrong stage I'm at a loss to see >how to prevent them - they're trained, they know what 80% means. > >In recent incident reports people have managed this even with different >shaped regs. >>Phil Regs of different colors, shapes, manufactures, with poodle jackets and/or color-coordinated hoses, and bottles stacked or on different sides according to O2 percentage will only confuse the issue. What you need to do is simple. Look at your bottles. Select the bottle marked with the MOD corresponding to the stop you are at. Turn the valve from that bottle on. Put the reg from that bottle in your mouth. If you can breathe, you have the right gas. Nanci ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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