So....

What does one do when (not if) your main scooter decides
to go tits up? Do you move your breather to your backup 
scooter? Do you swap both the scooter and go to the backup
breather? Seems a bit silly and not well thought out....

Guess you can always walk out...

Jeff

Ken Sallot wrote:
> 
> " The primary device is mounted on the diver's main scooter, while the
>  redundant (backup) rig is mounted on the diver's back."
> 
> A new spin on the Klingon Cruiser?
> 
> "One of the unique features of the MK-5R system is the introduction
> of the underwater pluggable system connectors (i.e., the breathing
> hoses) which allow a diver to switch between the vehicle-mounted life
> support system and the backup rebreather in less than 30 seconds at
> 100 m water depth."
> 
> I hope no one actually needs to do this.. Let's see, recognize
> complete failure, let go of trigger, keep your cool, unplug old
> rebreather, find plugs for new rebrether, hope plug came off easily,
> hope plug goes on easily, hope you don't die.
> 
> Jeff, I'd say thanks for the laugh, but unfortunatly I think they're
> serious.
> 
> Ken
> 
> > From:          Jeff Bentley <jeffbentley@mi*.co*>
> > To:            "Cost effective home improvement"
<freeattic@co*.ci*.uf*.ed*>
> > Subject:       new breather info at wakulla2.org
> > Date:          Fri, 16 Oct 1998 10:47:03 -0700
> 
> > http://www.wakulla2.org/rebreathers.htm
> > --
> > Jeff Bentley   jeffbentley@mi*.co*
> > http://www.mindspring.com/~jeffbentley
> >
> "Thank god for Microsoft. If it weren't for Microsoft, we would have
> been the most hated company by regulators."
>     - John Sidgmore, vice chair of WorldCom, on his tussle with regulators
>       over its merger with MCI
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