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Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 09:44:28 -0400
From: Joel Silverstein <JoelSilverstein@wo*.at*.ne*>
To: Wrolf Courtney <wrolf@co*.ne*>
CC: techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: Re: New Fill Policy
SO I must conclude that you are talking about Kings County Divers ?
Because there has been at least three stores in brooklyn that have been
filling enriched air for a few years now ---

Scuba Network -- in Brooklyn Heights
Harvey's -- Sheepshead Bay
Stingray -- Williamsburg




Wrolf Courtney wrote:

> I would love to know too.
>
> There is finally a store in Brooklyn that is pumping nitrox.  And
> despite
> the obvious jokes about air quality, Bob is a very careful guy, and
> his
> air always has tested very well.
>
> Now that he has finally been persuaded that decades of research at
> NOAA
> and elsewhere lends some limited validity to the EAD concept (I told
> you
> he was careful), he pumps nitrox.  Carefully.
>
> He charges me $15 per Al80, but I am his first regular ... he may
> adjust
> his price as the market develops.  This was based on his price of $9
> per Al80 for air.  We have not talked about a differential for Nitrox
> 50 or 100%
> O2.
>
> 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
> > diveman@cy*.co*
> >
>
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