Another good reason to turn the tank on to check the pressure and regulator
before entering the water, then turn it back off leaving the hoses full.
Then, this would have been discovered on the boat instead of during
decompression. 

	Don

-----Original Message-----
From: armantrout@at*.ne* [mailto:armantrout@at*.ne*]
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 8:23 AM
To: Manos Manoli
Cc: Tech Diver
Subject: Re: Mistakes


uh, why not pull a reg off your back gas and put it on 
the deco bottle?

Not thinking it all the way through is what kills.
> I listen to people exchanging different ideas and how to do it right
> or wrong but i dot hear often someone admitting an error or a mistake.
> Don't we all learn from our mistakes if we share them don't other people
> learn from them as well ? So here is what i did wrong this weekend :
> We have plan a  dive at 45 meters and at the end deco at 6m with 100%
> O2.
> Everything was carefully planed and within a few minutes we ware in the
> water. The 30 minute passed quickly and soon i was on 6m ready to switch
> on my stage tank. As i turn the knob  the air was coming out fast from
> the point were the din plug meets the valve. My Deco tank was failing
> and thank god i always have a redundancy plan on my wrist to decompress
> with bottom gas ( i dive nitrox ).
> 
> What happened ? the little viton O ring located at the tip of my
> Scupapro 1St stage felt off before attaching it on the tank.
> I simply did not turn on and
> then off my stage tank before jumping into the water.
> 
> This is what kills people, ignoring Details i found out the hard way.
> 
> Manos.
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