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From: <billy@v3*.co*.au*>
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 08:13:22 +1100
To: techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: Re: Underwater timers.
At 12:54  6/03/01 , Charles Roth wrote:
>I do have a bottom timer. I use a Vyper in gauge mode as my primary gauge and
have a OMS(aka-Uwatec) as my backup. Unfortunately, both of these timers only
count in full minute increments.  My deco program (Abyss RBGM) has 30 second
intervals on it's deco stops.  When I mean stopwatch, I mean just that.
Something that I could start/stop and reset for each stop. This would be in
addition to my bottom timer, not to replace it.
>Deco stops are kind of boring and an idle mind has lots of room to wander
while hanging there. Consider this: If you dive a 240fsw dive for 25 minutes,
you will have 17 deco stops.  If you ascend at 30fpm it would take you 20
seconds to arrive at your next stop. If you do not take this into account, then
you would shorten your total recommended deco time by about 6 minutes (17stops
X 0.33minutes=5.661 minutes).

This is silly. Stop confusing yourself. Use run-time. 

rdgs billyw
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