I have tied my reels off with 3mm line (I wreck dive).  I keep them on a
d-ring on the crotch strap but I was worried about the knot coming undone as
I can't see the reels only feel them and then loosing the reels.  When I
tied them off at first I squashed down the ends of the melted nylon but
still wasn't 100% happy so I melted the ends and stuck them together.  I
suppose you could always use an o-ring as on the SPG and long hose reg.

Richard

-----Original Message-----
From: kirvine@sa*.ne* [mailto:kirvine@sa*.ne*]
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 7:29 PM
To: Simon Murray
Cc: Tech Diver
Subject: Re: Metal to Metal connections


Tie it on. We actaully use a double ender for that. If you twist the
reel, it will break the snap at the slide or the aluminum anyway. On a
wreck dive, you would have nothing that is not tied - nothing. In a
cave, the reel can get snaged in the line, but that is not going to kill
you. On a wreck it might. Also, laying line is not an emergency
situation, usless you are diving wiht me, nad then it better not get
stuck or I will cut your harness off to get it. Jablonski started pawing
all over me like a ferret one day when he ran out of line and was trying
to get my real off of me before Brent could get out his.

Simon Murray wrote:
> 
> I was going through all my gear to re-check for any metal to metal
> connections and I found one that seems to be fairly common: the clip
> on jump or exploration reels almost always seems to be joined to the
> reel by a metal band that is bent around the eye of the clip and then
> bolted to the reel.
> 
> Is the DIR procedure to re-rig reels and tie the clip to the reel with
> cave line or is there a reason that a metal to metal connection is
> acceptable in this situation ?
> 
> Simon


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