You have to make him understand that you have mixed gas in the cylinder.

If he cant keep a backflow from happening, buy your fills elsewhere.

I dump 1100 psi of He in, and continuous blend 39% in on top to 3100 psi,
and I get instant
25/ thirty something. And I dive it immediately.

Scott

----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Braunbehrens <Bakalite@ba*.co*>
To: Scott <scottk@hc*.co*>; Mcinnis, Don <Don.Mcinnis@in*.co*>;
<RDecker388@ao*.co*>; <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 9:59 AM
Subject: Re: clarification was: An the beat goes on and on


> No kidding, from what I heard it's pretty pricey.  Of course my life
> is worth more, but still, it's a bit annoying.
>
> On this subject I wanted to ask a question, maybe someone here can
> answer it.  Let's say that (to make it simple) you are diving a mix
> with 40 % He and 25% O2.  After your dive, you come up with 1500 PSi.
> Now you think, ok, I'll get a 25 % nitrox fill to make it 20% He and
> 25% O2 .  What happens when they hook you up when the compressor
> reads 700 psi and they've got two other tanks hooked up?  Doesn't the
> gas flow all over the place?  Do you still end up with your He
> content, or not?  And how do you check this, if the O2 % is the same,
> you really have no way of knowing.
>
> So, do you have to make sure that the compressor reads a higher PSI
> than what is in your tank when they hook you up, to insure that flow
> is only in one direction?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Scott wrote:
> ~
> >And, now you can look forward to getting hosed for fills!
> >
> >What a deal.
> >
> >Scott
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Paul Braunbehrens <Bakalite@ba*.co*>
> >To: Mcinnis, Don <Don.Mcinnis@in*.co*>; <RDecker388@ao*.co*>;
> ><scottk@hc*.co*>; <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
> >Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 8:41 AM
> >Subject: RE: clarification was: An the beat goes on and on
> >
> >
> >>  No kidding!  I'm doing it right now, adv. nitrox, stage deco and
> >>  trimix just because I want to use He.  It's actually ironic that you
> >>  have to do a deco class to use trimix.  It seems to me they are
> >>  separate subjects.  You won't get a fill without it though.
>
> --
> Paul Braunbehrens mailto:Bakalite@ba*.co*
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