Are you forgetting that O2 is an added ingredient in trimix aside from
nitrogen?

> George-
>
> Read your post...you imply that for a store Nitrox is MORE DANGEROUS
> than trimix. ("I can understand that someone doesnt want to do the more
> dangerous Nitrox fills, but with Trimix...")
>
> Your points about profitability are quite valid, but they serve nothing
> toward your earlier point that Nitrox is more dangerous...I believe that
> is what people were calling you to task on...
>
> -Case
> diveman@cy*.co*
>
> >I can understand that someone doesnt want to do the more dangerous Nitrox
fills, but with >Trimix...
>
>        >What's the dangerous part?????
>        >Care to explain?
>
>        Liability! Profitability!
>           1. If a business does not of significant demand for a product
> they will not produce it. If a shop has 2-3 Certified Trimix divers that
> frequent the
>        establishment, it is not worthwhile to make the investment in
> supplies and training to properly service this minority.
>           2. Lets take a look at liability. A diver makes a dive on a
> 15/53 refill to 300 feet, he makes a mistake and doesn't come up. Later
> it's discovered,
>        after laboratory analysis, that the mix was really 15/48.
> Narcosis may have been a contributing factor to his death. Can you see
> the possible law suit?
>        While Oxygen % can be readily measured, equipment to measure
> Helium % is cost prohibitive and not readily available to the dive
> industry. If you say
>        cost bedamned see paragraph 1.
>
>        Good Diving by George
>
>
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