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Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 16:02:11 -0600
To: Jim Cobb <cobber@ci*.co*>, "Kevin Connell" <Kevin@nw*.co*>
From: Patricia Disler <pdisler@io*.ne*>
Subject: RE: pony bottle use
Cc: "'techdiver@aquanaut.com'" <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
At 12:16 PM 2/1/99 -0500, Jim Cobb wrote:
>Kevin-
>
>Well, yeah, you would notice that your gauge is not moving. My point was 
>that if the gauge was reading incorrectly you should be able to recognize 
>that fact from having a pretty good feel of what your air usage *should* 
>be at any given point in time. 
>
>ie if you have been down X minutes and you know that you on this sort of 
>dive you normally would have used, say 1500psi at this point and your 
>gauge says you've used only 500psi, what would you do, believe the gauge 
>or your experience? Me, I would feel that something is fishy and perhaps 
>call the dive.
 
Jim, do you dive using the rule of thirds? I'd think at -1500PSI the dive
would have already been called.


 This is what the diver did in JT's post.
>
>   Jim
>
>Sender: Kevin Connell  Date: 2/1/99 11:47 AM
>
>>Jim - Using 2x gas?  The primary comes off the right post, the spg on
>>the left.  With the isolator closed, the pressure reading stays
>>constant.  Ie/ you use "no" gas.
>
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