Mailing List Archive Mailing List Archive
At 09:42 PM 3/09/1998 EDT, KybrSose@ao*.co* wrote: >In a message dated 9/3/98 9:02:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time, bdi@wh*.ne* >writes: > >> It is about as pure DIR/Hogarthian/whatever as >> you are going to get. >> >> >It has been said here many times, that DIR is a system, and >> >that change one element and it may not any longer be DIR. >> >Redundancy - clean, uncomplicated redundancy that doesn't >> >increase task loading - is the at the core of the >> >system, and the isolator manifold and long hose the key to that. >> >> WHO EVER said redundancy was at the core of DIR? >> WHO MADE THIS CLAIM?! WHO?!! > >Both Mr. Gavin and Mr. Jablonski make very persusasive arguements for >manifolded systems, however this is in the context of overhead environments >and hogarthian principles. Manifolded systems do not confer redundancy as absolutely as independent doubles, yet Mr Gavin and Mr Jablonski, I believe, would only entertain independent doubles for sidemount applications. > >DIR would appear to allow single tanks for relatively warm open water , >provided long hoses, buddy team methodology and proper gas management are also >employed. Unless one was on a work-up or gear familiarisation dive, one would be a stroke to dive doubles in applications where a single tank would do. rgrds billyw > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
Navigate by Author:
[Previous]
[Next]
[Author Search Index]
Navigate by Subject:
[Previous]
[Next]
[Subject Search Index]
[Send Reply] [Send Message with New Topic]
[Search Selection] [Mailing List Home] [Home]