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Sorry, didn't notice the drysuit comment. -Sean On Tue, 23 Feb 1999 05:05:45 -0800, Kevin Connell wrote: >Sean, I disagree here. He said, specifically, "ocean diving, drysuit." >IMHO, 104's are the correct choice for drysuit diving. No weight belt >necessary. > >At 08:01 PM 2/22/1999 -0800, you wrote: >>>3. Ocean diving, drysuit. Double my alum 80's or my steel 72's >>>(2650psi)? >> >>For open water diving, AL 80's are very streamlined and provide more >>than enough gas for the bottom times you are likely to be doing in OW, >>and are buoyant when empty. For overheads, high volume low pressure >>steels are the better choice, because the low pressure reduces the risk >>of first stage failures, and the steels are negatively buoyant when >>empty. This is good because, in the event of a catastrophic complete >>loss of gas, extricating yourself will not be further complicated by >>being pinned to the ceiling. >> >>>Thanks, >>>BDG >> >>-Sean >> >> >>-- >>Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >>Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. >> >-------------------------------------------------- >Kevin Connell <kevin@nw*.co*> > >Northwest Labor Systems >http://www.nwls.com >Lake Stevens, WA > >"I suppose you want a user interface with that..." >-------------------------------------------------- > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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