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Hm, can't argue with you on that. But am I right about the regs at least? Pleeeze.... rgrds Adri On Sat, 16 Jan 1999 08:28:12 Kevin Connell wrote: >You know, who is teaching this bullshit? > >Hypoxic = 15% O2 >15% / 1.6ATA (20 ft) = 9.4% >The MOD of a 9.4% mix is 460 feet. > >Get a clue. > > >At 10:42 AM 1/16/99 -0000, you wrote: >>But, Don, what if you have an unbreathable trimix in your backtanks to >which you cannot switch at your deco stop, because the mix is hypoxic at >that depth? >>Or have I misunderstood you and do you have to remove your backup reg from >your backtanks, and replace the deco reg with it? and >>even then, you must breathe from some other source for a few moments. >>(Thats where the buddy comes in, of course) >> >>Can someone fill me in on the exact procedure in such a case? >> >> >>As to Carlos' question; If I remember correctly from the DIR II tape, >George said that when diving mix with the use of accelerated deco, your >'best' regs should be on you deco bottles. The deep bottles have slightly >detuned regs, because the helium is making the mix easier to breathe >anyway, and in case of freeflow, they will not empty out your tanks as >quickly as a big-bore first stage would. I have to review the tape for the >full explanation but I'm sure he will correct me if I'm wrong here. >> >>Adri >> >>>> I currently dive with Beuchat VX10 on my back gas and Scubapro Mk20 for my >>>> stages. The reason the Mk20s are in the stages is simple: in case of >>>> regulator failure, I can swap them from one stage to another. I wouldn't >>>> try to change my back regs. >>>> >>>> Some friends have been telling me I should use the Mk20s on my back and >the >>>> VX10s on the stages, for two reasons: the hoses from the VX10 are damn >hard >>>> to route cleanly from your back (this I agree with); and they feel the >Mk20 >>>> is more reliable than the VX10 (I'm not so sure about this). >>>> Anyone care to comment? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Carlos >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >>>> Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. >>> >>> >>> >>>-- >>>Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >>>Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. >>> >> >> >>__________________________________________________________________ >>Get your own free England E-mail address at http://www.england.com >>-- >>Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >>Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. >> >> >-------------------------------------------------- >Kevin Connell > >Northwest Labor Systems >http://www.nwls.com >Lake Stevens, WA > >"I suppose you want a user interface with that..." >-------------------------------------------------- > __________________________________________________________________ Get your own free England E-mail address at http://www.england.com -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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