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Reza Behzad schrieb: > for the last 12 months. And have found it much more economical than > purchasing a ccr or one of those halcyon things. I bought it at a garage > sale for a very reasonable price. hi Reza, you should look out as well for those "readers digest" paperbacks on "how to become a successfull diver" at the garage sales.They're great. > The breathing bag had a few holes in it > but youd be amazed at what you can do with a bicycle repair >kit. Even better are those foam repair kits for tubeless car tires. Try this next time. > I have a very fast homemade scooter that > I use to do long penetrations and I still havent found a way to control it Hey that'what happens usually when you use square milled precision wound oxygen free silver wire. Did they tell you to leave the lacquer isolation on ? > Anyways my hoses are wrapped with stainless steel > slinkys, I'd really suggest kevlar . You can knit a nice hose cover from special agents bullet proofing vests. > you can increase your gas efficiency by shutting down the valves every few > breaths and breathing the bag down till I get slightly light >headed in which > case I add more air. Remember to mount the kit valve pointing downwards, so that the air can escape better. >I find that using air is very economical, and to > prevent hypoxia I simply hold my breath on the initial >descent from the > surface until the mix is no longer hypoxic. Don't dive air below 200ft, that's were the Atlantis gets nasty. > Nearing the end of the dive I > complete my deco at 50 and 40 feet using the bottom mix, You should measure your ceiling in fathoms, that's far mor accurate than those way backwards US standards. >although this makes > for a long deco it gives time for my scooter batteries to die >so that I can > do a controlled emergency ascent. where do you put the toothstick into in the Atlantis, to make it a controlled one ( learnt that with padi, every time you put a toothstick between housing and membrane, you do a controlled emergency ascent ) > the side it provides me room to mount my light in the >original cylinder spot > over my butt. No! that place is reserved for a stainless woodstick and a roll of waterproof toiletpaper, which you can use in your habitat. > The only down side to deep cave diving on air with this configuration is > that due to narcosis it is sometimes difficult to see the line. Didn' you know Draeger offers these nice whitish pills to cure for that ? Chew one for every 10 bar. > Due to the > difficulty in acquiring cave line in my area, i've opted to use monofilament > line, it is much stronger and you would be amazed at how much >you can fit on > a reel. hushhh, this is still classified ( new cruise missile steering system) > However the slight transparency does contribute to the above > problem. you have to grind the surface mildly, and insert a laser light at the beginning. Line will continue to glow for at least 21000 feet. >As for the nitrogen narcosis problem ive found that instead of > making work up dives(which can become quiet costly and time consuming) to > build up my tolerance level I simply breathe nitros oxide at the surface, > failing to have that available I drive down to the tavern across the island Which island ? Happy hour is when ? > If anyone has any ideas on how to put an off switch on my >scooter or modify No need to, simply put a reverse propeller on, with a freewheeling unit and friction clutch. > my gear for going deeper than 297ft, as I have set this limit >for myself > ,because I am worried about CNS toxicity past 2.0 ATA. The >last time I was > in the chamber the lady told my I was breathing 2.8 >atmospheres cheers to the lady. >but I > thought Id be more conservative since we were in a safe environment. safe from what ? Is this the lady's point of view as well ? May be. Yes , I think so. Indeed, very much so. You know what they tell about deep diving on air ? Dive safe . Matthias -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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