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Kevin, ideally, you would not want to put back gas in your suit, if you can get argon from a buddy. If you have to do it, then your BC inflator _should_ reach the inlet if it is long enough to permit simultaneous operation of the suit inflator. Swivel suit inflators are great for this, but otherwise the inlet should point to the side somewhat. With BC inflator connected, it will still be in an unnatural position, but much less so than if the suit inlet was pointed downward. Keep in mind, that we are talking about a contingency that requires complete wing failure, argon reg failure or argon depletion, and loss of buddy. Follow rule #1, and the risk is negligible. -Sean On Fri, 25 Jun 1999 07:14:00 -0700, Kevin Connell wrote: >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'.
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