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No swivels of any kind, no steel plates without a drysuit. william Tay wrote: > > hi there, > have read the gue website and WKRP. still have a few qus , hope the guys out > there can guide me. > > a) do we need a swivel for the 1st stage ? i personally dun think so , but i > might be wrong > > b) is it ok , advisble or a BIG NO to instal swivels to the 2nd stages ? if > yes , do we install to both 2nd stages ,( the one to the 2.1m hosae and the > one round the neck ) or just to one of them ? > > c) have this weight problem...i dive wet most of the time. i'm from asia , > so even if we do tek dives ( simple ones !! ) , would at most require a > semi-dry suit. > now i only need 6pounds of lead to sink when diving with al 80s. however if > i were to get a ss backplate , the weight itself would be sufficient for me > to sink. But this means that i cant dump these in cases of emergency as > well. i feel that ss plates are much better for saltwater and harsh > environemnt conditions, thus i have this problems on wieghts now . > > i have calcualted that ,IF INCLUDING A 2POUND KEEL WEIGHT ,as i advance > into doubles and side tanks (2) , my percentage of dumpable wwights would > increase from about 33% to 58% ,is this ok ? > of cos, if i dun put the keel weight , the percentage would increase.. > > advise please > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > -- > 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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