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Hahahaha, you florida guys crack me up. You really don't have any concept of what being cold is like, do you? A Patco heater would be like spitting in a tornado for what Ingemar is diving in. He is doing tons of deco, you moron, he would have to get wired up like a terminal box and use truck batteries for enough patco heaters to do the job. These unit are for recreational diving only. Jim On 9/4/98 10:35 PM Brown, Christopher wrote: >Ingemar -- you are doing some truly amazing exploration. Well done! When do >we get to see photos/the video??? > >PATCO Service, Inc. of Baltimore, Maryland makes a series of lights and >suit heaters for both wet and dry diving. The heaters are available in 6 or >12V set ups. Since they operate in a wet or dry suit, a suit flood would >not effect the heater. 410-444-4010; www.patcoinc.com > >They are component systems in that the cables are separate/joined to >batteries/lights/heater pads with quick connectors that are easy to operate >wearing gloves. The connectors at both ends of the cables are "potted in" >so that water cannot enter, and the outer skin of the cables are protected >further with a very durable mesh sleeve. The system is usable with your >normal suit and underwear and not a replacement for the latter. > >You might run your normal primary light config. and have another battery >dedicated for the heater only. Or you can operate a light from the battery >pack during the dive, and if you have a suit leak, switch the battery over >to the heater and exit with your back-up lights. Or, if your dry suit >doesn't leak during the dive, just switch to a heater pad at the end of the >dive and use the remaining battery juice to keep you warm(er) during deco. >Or just connect the heater to a fresh battery staged with your deco bottles >at the end of the dive. You can run two heaters at once (front and back) >with the optional y-cord. The options allow a lot of flexibility. > >If you don't like having so many connectors (potential failure points), I'm >sure PATCO will hardwire the configuration you want. In any case, you have >to plan your dive and gear selection with the consideration of whether your >heater config. is a comfort option (OK/just a nuisance if it poots), a >life-support component (must function always, therefore must have a back >up), or for emergency bail-out only (held in reserve, as a last resort) and >dive accordingly, within those limitations. > >I don't work for the company -- but I enjoyed using a heater during some >equipment tests and found it very effective in a wet suit. I was starting >out in water that's "toasty" to you (70F). The manufacturer reminded me >that it's best to start the dive using the heater and continue with it >throughout the dive because it is very difficult for the body to "catch up" >once seriously chilled, no matter what the heat source. > >With something like this, in the water you dive, your nuts might come back >down in something less than a week.;-) > >Best regards, > >Christopher A. Brown >The Technical Diving Video Library http://www.aulinc.com/video.htm >ameruwlite@ao*.co*, Fax: 352.669.1256, or Phone: 352.669.5483 > >Life is short -- this is not a rehearsal. > > > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > ------------------------------------------------------------------- Learn About Trimix At http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/trimix.html -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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