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To: techdiver@opal.com
Subject: re:Back mounts and manifolds (was:Re: regulator hoses)
From: "Gerrit Conradie" <CONRADIE@fi*.su*.ac*.za*>
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 1994 15:52:59 GMT+200
> This is only  valid if you  switch  regs every 5 minutes  so that your
> independent  tanks have equal  amounts of air in them.  If you breathe
> one down  first,  switch  to the other and then have a second or first
> stage fail, you are left with a near empty tank and a rapidly emptying
> tank.
> Doug

Recently a diver was injured here after being in a similar situation
at 180 feet...  BUT...  I thought part of gas-management while diving
with independants was to use one tank halfway and *then* switch...
Not being a "techdiver" myself, I'm just wondering, because it feels
kind of logical...

- Gerrit

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