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At 12:33 PM 8/3/00 -0400, donburke56 wrote: >This brings up two questions: > >1. Is filling a lift bag from a second stage only bad in very cold water? No, when you remove the second stage from your mouth, you will have an initial free flow/ loss of gas use un breathed gas to fill the bag , if you are sending up a bag in a life depending act because you are low on gas, then you just made things worse. >2. What is a better way to fill a lift bag? Yes use an open bottom bag, tilt head back, place bag over reg in mouth, exhaust gas will fill the bag, no stress, no problem. When Cobb and I tried to send up his scooter from around 260ft, he had one of those knew bags with a small bottom with a inside flap and long , it was very hard to fill like this. >Don Burke > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <CaptnDale@ao*.co*> > ><snip> > > >The factory spec for the intermediate pressure of all Scubapro first stages > >is 125 to 145 psi above ambient. Usually, out of the box, the factory > >setting will be about 140 to 145psi. They are set to the high end of the > >range for better airflow for the recreational diver. I adjust the i.p. >down > >to near 125psi for cold water. Even with the older style MK10, MK15 and > >MK20 if the i.p. is set low like this there is little likelyhood of icing, >unless > >you are a real Hoover or you do something stupid like using your second > >stage to directly fill a lift bag. > ><snip> > >_______________________________________________ >Why pay for something you could get for free? >NetZero provides FREE Internet Access and Email >http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. "You can't learn to dive on the net, sooner or later you have to get in the water" Your Guide to Great Wreck Diving along the East Coast & more Web Site http://www.capt-jt.com/ Email captjt@mi*.co* -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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