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Hey George, How would you adjust the deco if you were diving someplace cold like the Great Lakes in the spring or fall? I'm guessing you'd keep the deep part the same and lengthen the intermediate stops a little. What is the cold physiologically doing to you wrt offgassing? ss On Mon, 10 Jan 2000 tgunther@co*.co* wrote: > JJ: > > John has shared a couple of his personal insights below. I would be > interested in hearing what some of your own general "rules of thumb" might be to > new users of Deco Planner? > > Thanks in advance, > Tod > > ---------------------------------------------------- > When I started, I was using a low GF of about 20-30% and a high GF of 80-85%. > ..... I became more comfortable with the plans and discussing it with the others, > we decided to push the high GF's a little, going up to 90% and we now use 100%. > The low GF has pretty much stayed at 20% for the more extreme stuff and maybe > 30% for shallow dives. > > A simple rule of thumb to remember about the GF's is that the low GF determines > where your first deep stop starts - so on more extreme dives, it would be > prudent to start your stops deeper. The high GF determines how much time you > spend on your last stop, so a more conservative value will give you longer at > that stop. The intermediate stops are then interpolated on the GF low-high > line. > > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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