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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0208_01C09533.BA090D40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Too buoyant - Firemen like lighter weight Water intrusion into Fiberglass wrap - Firemen aren't usually submerged Shorter service life - Firemen have lots of tax dollars to buy new ones Short Hydro-test intraveral - Firemen love maintaining stuff other than those seems like a great idea to me! ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Stefan Bolka=20 To: GUE Mailing List=20 Cc: techdiver@aquanaut.com=20 Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 3:12 PM Subject: Tank question Ok, I have too much time to think and browse the internet so bear with = me. BTW thanks to everyone about the fins question. So I was talking with my Girlfriend's father, and ex-fireman, about = scuba and he asked me a question that I thought to put to the list. How come we don't use carbonfiber wrapped high pressure cylinders? = They are smaller and get hold gas at a higher pressure safer, hence why = the fire department uses them (so I was told). Does anyone have any = insight on this? Thanks as always, Stefan. ------=_NextPart_000_0208_01C09533.BA090D40 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 http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Too buoyant - Firemen like lighter = weight</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Water intrusion into Fiberglass wrap - Firemen = aren't usually=20 submerged</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Shorter service life - Firemen have lots of tax = dollars to buy=20 new ones</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Short Hydro-test intraveral - Firemen love = maintaining=20 stuff</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>other than those seems like a great idea to = me!</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dsbolka@er*.co* href=3D"mailto:sbolka@er*.co*">Stefan = Bolka</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dquest@gu*.co*=20 href=3D"mailto:quest@gu*.co*">GUE Mailing List</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A = title=3Dtechdiver@aquanaut.com=20 href=3D"mailto:techdiver@aquanaut.com">techdiver@aquanaut.com</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 12, 2001 = 3:12=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Tank question</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ok, I have too much time to think and = browse the=20 internet so bear with me. BTW thanks to everyone about the fins=20 question.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>So I was talking with my Girlfriend's = father, and=20 ex-fireman, about scuba and he asked me a question that I thought to = put to=20 the list.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>How come we don't use carbonfiber = wrapped high=20 pressure cylinders? They are smaller and get hold gas at a = higher=20 pressure safer, hence why the fire department uses them (so I was = told). =20 Does anyone have any insight on this?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks as always,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>Stefan.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0208_01C09533.BA090D40-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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