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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01C06CC0.C6C69E80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Yeah, you have the wrong al tank, for starters, and you are assuming one gas : air. Go back and think again, and try to figure out what we are talking about , not come up with some deluded semantic bullshit that disregards the entire point, which is your rig needs to be balanced. What we have here is a "forest and trees" problem . -----Original Message----- From: Alex Vasauskas [mailto:surlyc@al*.ne*] Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 8:24 PM To: techdiver@aquanaut.com Subject: Al vs. Steel Stages As far as I have been able to read, Al stage bottles are "good" and steel stage bottles are "bad" because steel bottles are supposedly relatively "too heavy for diving and comfort" and "unsafe". I checked the specs for the size of cylinder that would be appropriate for my open water diving. Here they are: Luxfer 48.4 cu.ft./3000 psi 21.15 lbs. empty -2.4 lbs. buoyancy full / +1.3 lbs. empty in salt water OMS 46 cu.ft. / 2640 psi 17.6 lbs. empty with valve -4.0 ...lbs. buoyancy full / 0.00 lbs. empty For approximately the same volume, the steel cylinder is lighter and neutral when empty, so I don't need extra weight to be balanced. The steel cylinder is lighter. So, is this just a unique example of the steel cylinder being the better choice, or am I missing something here? ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01C06CC0.C6C69E80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D4><SPAN = class=3D390290714-23122000>Yeah,=20 you have the wrong al tank, for starters, and you are assuming one gas : = air. Go=20 back and think again, and try to figure out what we are talking about , = not come=20 up with some deluded semantic bullshit that disregards the entire point, = which=20 is your rig needs to be balanced. What we have here is a "forest and = trees"=20 problem .</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style=3D"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV align=3Dleft class=3DOutlookMessageHeader dir=3Dltr><FONT = face=3DTahoma=20 size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Alex Vasauskas=20 [mailto:surlyc@al*.ne*]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 22, 2000 = 8:24=20 PM<BR><B>To:</B> techdiver@aquanaut.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Al vs. = Steel=20 Stages<BR><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><SPAN class=3D800260401-23122000><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>As = far as I have=20 been able to read, Al stage bottles are "good" and steel stage bottles = are=20 "bad" because steel bottles are supposedly relatively "too heavy for = diving=20 and comfort" and "unsafe". I checked the specs for the size = of=20 cylinder that would be appropriate for my open water diving. = Here they=20 are:</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D800260401-23122000><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D800260401-23122000><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>Luxfer 48.4=20 cu.ft./3000 psi</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D800260401-23122000><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>21.15 lbs.=20 empty</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D800260401-23122000><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-2.4 = lbs. buoyancy=20 full / +1.3 lbs. empty in salt water</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D800260401-23122000><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D800260401-23122000><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>OMS = 46 cu.ft. /=20 2640 psi</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D800260401-23122000><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>17.6 = lbs. empty=20 with valve</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D800260401-23122000><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-4.0 = ....lbs.=20 buoyancy full / 0.00 lbs. empty</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D800260401-23122000><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D800260401-23122000><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>For = approximately=20 the same volume, the steel cylinder is lighter and neutral when empty, = so I=20 don't need extra weight to be balanced. The steel cylinder is=20 lighter.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D800260401-23122000><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D800260401-23122000><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>So, = is this just a=20 unique example of the steel cylinder being the better choice, or am I = missing=20 something here?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01C06CC0.C6C69E80-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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