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Roger,
On 27 Jan 1995 11:09:13 U Roger Carlson wrote:
>
> As far as quietest goes, I'm not sure. Now that you put me on the spot, I
> didn't notice any diffusers on the other rebreathers at all, but I'd be
> surprised if they didn't have them. The BMD diffuser is obvious: it's a
> porous, hard foam tube on the outside of the case, about 3" in diameter and 2'
> long. It was, however, vulnerable and exposed: one of the two units at the
> show had a damaged diffuser. The stuff is brittle and there was a chunk
> missing.
>
> Just because the BMD diffuser is large, that doesn't mean it's quietest. After
> all, we all know that size doesn't really matter. Maybe somebody tried them
> all out, and will be back after DEMA with more of a report. Dennis Pierce
> seemed pretty interested, especially in semi-closed, so maybe he can help us
> next week.
When I tried out the "Prism" rebreather on a 1-day "tryout" course last
year, I recall being told that it was going to be available with an optional
diffuser to prevent all noisy bubbles venting and instead give off a stream of
fine 'mist' bubbles. I've not had an update on this since. Did Peter Readey
mention this at "Tek'95" ??
I've scanned in a series of photos of the Prism unit we used (but it may
have changed or been updated since last year) and sent them with extracts from
the various emails to techdiver about the Prism from last year to Mike Salmon.
Once he has returned from diving in the Red Sea (don't you just *hate*
him ?? ...:-) next week, then I think he will be willing to mount these on
World
Wide Web under UK Diving, accessed using
http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk:80/ukdiving/equip/index.htm
Have a look here if you are interested in a week or so.
> Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@opal.com'.
> Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@opal.com'.
Regards, Steve M.
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