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Case E. Harris wrote:
> 
> Forgive me for my ignorance, but I'd be quite curious to get a feel for the
going
> rates for EAN fills from anyone who'd care to reply....
> 
> I work in a shop in Southern Florida, and I've done a cost analysis on our
gas.
> Even if we give it away at cost, we'd still have to charge around $6 for an
80cf
> fill of 36%...I was under the impression that O2 was expensive (we pay pretty
> high for ours, since it's trucked in from over 100 miles away) but if other
shops
> are selling gas for between $3 and $5, I don't see how it can be THAT spendy,
if
> they're making any money....
> 
> I'd just be curious to see what other parts of the world charge for 80cf of
36%,
> and for other blends as well....(our general rule for non-standard mixes is
> divide FO2 by 2, and that's the cost in cents per cubic foot. But hearing
other's
> prices, this seems WAY high!)

Case:  

Here in Juneau Alaska, Channel Dive Center charges $10 for single fills of EAN32
and $4.50 for single fills of air.  However, they sell fill cards worth 15 fills
for $100 and $45, respectively, so if you buy fill cards, the cost for EAN32
comes out to $6.67/fill and $3 for air.  All the local divers have fill cards,
only the tourists by gas per fill.  Channel has one of those new DNAx membrane
fill systems and generally only keep banks of EAN32 ready to go but will do
EAN36. They don't distinguish between size of tank.  A single, regardles of size
is 1 punch, doubles, regardles of size is 2 punches.

I don't see how oxygen can be any more expensive in Key West than Juneau Alaska.
 You know about Juneau, you've lived here.  Gas cylinders are shipped up 1,000
miles from Seattle via barge.  I just picked up three of the big (330 cf?)
medical O2 cylinders from the local gas supplier and they cost $67/ea.  Cylinder
rental is $7.50/mo with a 10% discount for 6 mo rental and 15% discount for 1
year rental.  -Kent
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