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When you exhale into it, you put C02 into the bag. Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: <RBDhunter@ao*.co*> To: <silent@cu*.ne*> Cc: <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 9:53 PM Subject: Re: THIRD REG > Tom, > > I think you are misinformed about the probability of CO2 problems from > breathing air stored in your BC. The BC does not release any CO2 and the gas > in it is fresh from your tank already (unless of course you manually filled > it, which is almost never done). The reason you are taught not to breath air > from your BC is contaminants, some people even use Clorox to kill any > bacteria growing in there. As you could imagine a breath full of that could > be quite unpleasant. Hope this clears things up. Any one out there knows how > CO2 would get in a BC, I think you should warn US! > > Regards, > Richard Daniel > > << NEVER breathe the air from your bladder. The trick is that you operate both > the exhaust and the inflator button at the same moment so you breathe > straight from BG. Rebreathing air from your bladder will almost certainly > black you out within a couple of minutes due to CO2. > Practice this skill in a pool like environment first before you think about > using this skill, and it does need practice... > The deal here is that your "third reg" comes from right post that does not > roll of. Ever using this option would need some strange situation indeed, > but still it is an option not to forget. > I can imagine you can figure out these situations yourself. <g> > > Best, > > THOMAS >> > -- > 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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