what if you used pure o2 instead of stroke gas 80/20?

maintain gear properly and yokes are fine for stage bottles.

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> From: Kevin <Kevin@So*.co*>
> To: Michael Waldbrenner <Michael.Waldbrenner@wa*.de*>;
techdiver@aquanaut.com
> Subject: To Din or not to Din
> Date: Monday, August 17, 1998 4:39 PM
> 
> 
> >During our last holiday in England we saw a guy with an o-ring blow on
> >his yoke-stage tank.
> 
> Yoke valves ? Just say no.
> 
> July 26, 1998, 8:00 AM.
> 
> Wreck dive on the USS Moody.
> 
> 23 minutes at 152 FSW.
> 
> One OMS 45  with 80/20 ( with a Beauchat Nitrox Yoke Valve mated to a
Zeagle
> Tech 50 ) lowered to 20 FSW off the diveboat "Reliance"  blew the o-ring
> out. I had all my own gas with me, as did my buddy, but we had the
cylinder
> on the boat in case we were able to hit another wreck.  We figured hang
the
> cylinder over the side rather that use it as boat decoration. Charged the
> reg at the surfce and then just left it open a tiny tiny bit. When we got
to
> our 20 foot stop, I slowly rolled it open and pop, blew the o-ring out
into
> the water in three pieces. I had three spare viton o-rings with me and
> replaced it. It then worked fine. Had the service the Zeagle first stage
though.
> 
> What if I had needed that gas as part of my dive plan ??
> 
> What if I didn't have spare o-ring with me ?
> 
> What if . . .
> 
> Yoke valves ? Just say no.
> 
> Just my 2 cents.
> 
> Kevin
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> " You'll never miss the water,
> until the well runs dry . . .. "
> 
> as sung by Bob Marley 
> 
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