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Paul, its not for lack of trying, sometime ago I mailed the company that manufacture the unit and suggested that they place a flow restricting orifice in the O2 addition line so you couldn't very quickly flood the thing with 100% O2 at depth which is probably a likely cause of a few deaths. I suggested a few other things as well. I heard nothing. The unit works but its not idiot proof, (nor is any breather for that matter) but when you look at the ratio of units sold to deaths in the period its been available its up there with very high altitude mountaineering!! I don't know how many have gone out the factory door but a death rate of 1 in 100 might not be unreasonable over the period its been offered. I think E Kalayci nailed it when he mentioned "Training" in a recent post, the courses are probably too short and the people who buy them are not seriously challenged whether they have the "right stuff" or not to dive a breather. I'm not trained to use the unit or any other breather for that matter but I've had a long time interest in them and I wouldn't dive it unless it was modified. Whats next? well more people will die and lots more units will be sold but a time will come when governments will step in and say enough and definitely no more diving them outside your bath tub. B At 09:29 15/06/00 -0700, Paul Braunbehrens wrote: >Ingemar Lundgren wrote: >~ >>Another diver, Ian Swift died diving an Inspiation yesterday off of Weymoth >>UK. >>This is the second death this week. What is the death count up to now? > >What is "inspiration", a rebreather? If so many people are dying >with it, why isn't anyone sueing the company and putting out a recall? >-- >Paul Braunbehrens mailto:Bakalite@ba*.co* >http://www.daw-mac.com Mailing list for digital audio on the mac >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. Bruce Stewart Triton Diving Equipment www.triton-dive.com Lights, Backplates, Harnesses Dry Suits, Bags, Rebreather Parts Custom manufacturing Available only on the Net -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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