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Kent, Shouldn't he also bore his wind pipe and alveoli out 1/2 inch to take advantage of your special modifications ? Geoff. > -----Original Message----- > From: Kent Lind [SMTP:Kent.Lind@no*.go*] > Sent: Thursday, January 28, 1999 6:15 AM > To: techdiver@aquanaut.com > Subject: Re: Long hose diameter > > > Brian Greenberg wrote: > > > It was recommended by a tech diving friend (who does _not_ DIR, and is > > quite happy to not do so) that the hose be 1/2 inch diameter, instead > > of the standard 3/8. His complaint with 3/8 is that it is harder to > > breath due to the extra turbulence that a long hose adds, and that a > > 1/2 inch hose, with it's larger diameter would have less turbulence. > > Brian: Tell your genius friend that in order to take full advantage of > his 1/2" hose he will need to buy a special 1/2" diameter poppet > for his second stage and to make really sure he gets enough gas > he had better bore out all of his tank valve openings to 1/2" ;-) > > -Kent- > -- > 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'.
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