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MV, What the f*ck kind of question is this? You do not know the answer yet you question the hypothesis of someone else... Prove it wrong or shut the f*ck up... DIR is based on results... Not ding dongs sitting behind keyboards in their parents garage. I suggest you enroll in some type of IANTD/TDI course where the instroktor will s.y.d. and make you feel good. Jeff Matthias Voss wrote: > > Trey schrieb: > > > > This is totally ignorant bullshit. > Compared to your normal nomenclature, does this mean, you partially > agree ;-)? > > Argon is a far > > superior gas for suit inflation than air or anything > > else, and it increases the effectiveness of > > Thinsulate insulation by 50%. > > This may right, espescially regarding thinsulate. But Mike compared > argon use regarding different types of breathing gas. Do temperature > losses add arithmetically, or in a logarithmic scale ? > according to most known laws or rather rules of perception ( Weber- > Fechner's, to name one), bodily reactions to pphysical changes are > measured in a decibel scale. Translated to heat-loss terms this would > mean, that even if your suit Isolation may be better, the loss by > expansion and conductivity of breathing gas outweighs the win . > > > If the suit floods at all, Argon and thinsulate > > combination is still better than regular insulation > > dry with no argon. > > Won't like to try out , but if it's right, is it because of argon > bubbles kept within the tissue ? > > > > You also have to flush the air out of the suit prior > > to the dive with argon. > > This seems to make a lot of sense, indeed. > regards > Matthias > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: MMikeodin@ao*.co* <MMikeodin@ao*.co*> > > To: rsilvers@ph*.co* > > <rsilvers@ph*.co*>; techdiver@aquanaut.com > > <techdiver@aquanaut.com> > > Date: Monday, July 10, 2000 3:46 AM > > Subject: Re: Argon in drysuit -- how much warmer? > > > > Argon in an extra bottle makes only sense if you > > dive mix. > > As you need an extra gas for suit inflation.IMHO if > > you dive N2O2 only you > > won´t need argon. > > Even when diving mix I ´ld rather take air and eat > > some more pasta the night > > before than using argon. > > The suit should leave enough space to wear an G400 > > undersuit. > > Check the undersuit, avoid a too loose fit of the > > undergarment as this is a > > major reason for migrating air in you drysuit.If the > > underwear is too wide > > bring it to the taylor and alter it to your needs. > > TLS+G400 should fit in a way that you can move > > without anyrestricions. > > If your dives last longer&it´s still cold although > > eating pasta+G400 it´s > > still time to think about argon inflation. > > Mike > > -- > > 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'. > -- > 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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