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Why me? At 08:22 AM 6/25/1999 -0700, "jccalvin" <jccalvin@pa*.ne*> wrote: >Kevin: > >If you are diving Super Wings, you have a second inflator hose on the right. >This hose will easily reach the suit valve. > >John. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Kevin Connell <kevin@nw*.co*> >To: Sean T. Stevenson <ststev@un*.co*> >Cc: Techdiver@aquanaut.com <Techdiver@aquanaut.com> >Date: Friday, June 25, 1999 7:48 AM >Subject: Re: Argon Bottle to Wings? > > >>Sean, on your point about switching the hose from bc to drysuit, is an >>optimal hose length hose going to reach? I've never tried this myself, as >>I consider my lift bag tertiary lift, but has anyone actually successfully >>done this? >> >>Agreed on your points, tho. >> >>At 08:23 PM 6/24/1999 -0800, you wrote: >>>Using only breathable gas in your wings is critical, and should be >>>reason enough to save argon for the suit. >>> >>>Why the second bladder? One bladder for primary buoyancy, drysuit for >>>backup buoyancy. In the ocean, jettisonable weight belt for tertiary >>>buoyancy. If you lose the argon, the dive is over, but you can switch >>>the inflator from your wings to your suit if you need to add gas to >>>exit. The second bladder and hose just present extra unnecessary >>>failure points. >>> >>>Also, the argon regulator is the only system with no redundant backup. >>>Using it for your suit only means one hose, and minimum possibility of >>>failure. >>> >>>-Sean >>> >>>On Thu, 24 Jun 1999 18:21:53 -0700, jccalvin wrote: >>> >>>>Frank, Sean: >>>> >>>>I hadn't thought about breathing off the wings. If I lost my Argon >supply, >>>>I have a second bladder connected to my bottom mix. I could inflate the >>>>wings and then switch the hose to my dry suit, if needed. I was trying >to >>>>save bottom mix but it's probably not worth it. >>>> >>>>regards, >>>> >>>>John. >>>> >>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>From: Frank Riffel <frank.riffel@en*.co*> >>>>To: Sean T. Stevenson <ststev@un*.co*> >>>>Cc: jccalvin <jccalvin@pa*.ne*>; Techdiver@aquanaut.com >>>><Techdiver@aquanaut.com> >>>>Date: Thursday, June 24, 1999 12:50 AM >>>>Subject: Re: Argon Bottle to Wings? >>>> >>>> >>>>>"Sean T. Stevenson" wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Yes. The wing inflator acts as a tertiary (manual addition) backup >>>>>> regulator. Breathing argon is generally not a good idea. >>>>>> >>>>>> -Sean >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, 22 Jun 1999 16:01:01 -0700, jccalvin wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >Greetings: >>>>>> > >>>>>> >Is there any reason(s) not to connect the Argon bottle to your wings >as >>>>well as to the dry suit? >>>>>> > >>>>>> >Thanks, >>>>>> > >>>>>> >John. >>>>>> > >>>>> >>>>>Not to forget that when the argon 1st fails (or the bottle is empty) >>>>>you have lost your entire buoyancy control. >>>>> >>>>>Regards, Frank >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>>-- >>>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*> >> >>NW Labor Systems, Inc >>http://www.nwls.com >> >>And 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'. >> > ----------------------------------------------- Kevin Connell <kevin@nw*.co*> NW Labor Systems, Inc http://www.nwls.com And 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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