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Kevin,
When you can garantee me that air stations in Canada ( Not all) will stop
pumping contaminated air into O2 clean tanks of divers from Washington State
and jeapardizing partial pressure fill station operators I will get off My
damn " hi-horse". Most nitrox divers have to take the dive shops word they
are doing fills properly and do not the detailed knowledge of compressor
systems and hyperfiltration.
I have personally seen air stations up there pump regular air into O2
cleaned tanks, anything to make a buck.
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David
Central Washington Scuba Center
www.cwscuba.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Flynn <tpcy@na*.ar*.co*>
To: Jamie E. Thiesfeld <jamie@cw*.co*>
Cc: techdiver <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Date: Tuesday, December 08, 1998 8:09 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: Nitrox Stick
>What is with people like your self with these elitist notions. It sure is
funny
>how one can sit and throw stones at a concept that has been out for several
>years. The Nitrox stick concept was introduced to the masses to get nitrox
out
>of the closet and out to divers. The thing works, it is a no-brainer. Yes
it
>allows one to mix up to 40% quickly and easily. In the "dark ages", places
>states llike Washington could not get Nitrox easily, and had to come up to
>British Columbia to dive it. In fact a certain chain of dive stores in the
>Seattle area had groups of instructors come up, just to dive on the gas.
The
>dive store chain owner would have fired them if he found out that they were
>diving on the "Black Gas". The simple method of mixing nitrox, using the
>"Nitrox Stick" concept allowed "Joe dive shop owner" an accurate way to
mix
>safely. As far as o2 verses non-o2 clean tanks, who cares. If one wants
to
>maintain dedicated tanks so be it. Not everybody subscribes to the "Jamie
E.
>Thiesfeld " method of diving. What this list needs to do is lighten up,
and
>withhold the urge to slam everyone who doesn't do it the way they do it.
The
>concept works, get over it. In regards to mixing with an oil lubed
compressor,
>we use synthetic oil for mixes 40% and under, mixes 40% and higher, partial
>blending. As to the argument of what the compressor manufactures would
like,
>who cares. Nitrox would not be as big if operators did not push the rules
to
>blend the stuff, as in pre- synthetic days, using Halo Carbon oil. Now
synthetic
>is everywhere, which is good for the industry. Now the masses can enjoy,
even
>the "disciples of the lame stickers". End of sermon.
>Regards:.
>
>Jamie E. Thiesfeld wrote:
>
>> Somebody out there correct me if I'm wrong but my understanding of this
>> thing from the literature I read is this device pre-blends up to 40%
nitrox
>> on the intake of an oil lubed compressor (continuous blend). If your
>> filtration system is not producing OCA and your using this thing I would
say
>> that your contaminating O2 clean tanks being filled with this system,
unless
>> you are a disciple of the lame stickers that let you chose between
>> "pre-blend" or " O2 clean". Also I bet most compressor manufacturers will
>> not approve of this system being used with their equipment.
>> If memory serves me correctly these things are made by a dive store in
>> Spokane but are marketed now by GMC.
>>
>> David
>> Central Washington Scuba Center
>> www.cwscuba.com
>>
>> --Original Message-----
>> >From: Brett Taylor <info@ca*.co*>
>> >Date: Thursday, December 03, 1998 8:33 PM
>> >Subject: Re: Nitrox Stick
>> >
>> >
>> >>To: techdiver@aquanaut.com
>> >>
>> >>Joel,
>> >>
>> >> Our facility is currently using the Nitrox Stix. It's ok. The O2
>> >sensor located in the intake is worthless. I use the mechanical lpm
gauge
>> >to determine the approximate level of O2(ie: 9.25 lpm = 32%, 12.5 lpm =
>> >36%.). Overall, I rate the system a 7.5 out of 10. It's an inexpensive
>> >system and if the facility is not pumping big quantities of EANx,
they're a
>> >good way to get started. BTW, we've had the system for 10 months. I
pump
>> >about 500 to 800 cubic feet per week.
>> >>
>> >>See ya,
>> >>Brett
>> >>brettdiver@ao*.co*
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