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Thanks Trey, I'll be getting my set soon and will test them. I doubt they have changed anything, but will report back here if they have. There are quite a few wrong tank specs floating around on various web sites, but this is the PST site. If it's wrong, I'll let them know as well. Trey wrote: ~ >Obviously not correct. I have four sets from 1971 to 1998. All -9 for a set >of doubles, and I checked each and every one of them. Paul, we can not >chase bullshit from web sites. Either believe it or don't, but unless these >morons have changed the tank, and that means a whole series of DOT approvals >for nada, then they fucked up on the web site, or more likely, given that >they are involved in the dive industry, they have no freaking clue what the >tanks do, and of course there is the slim chance you got it wrong. 121 PST's >have exactly the same buoyancy characteristics as the 104's, have them , >too, 1998 vintage. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Paul Braunbehrens [mailto:Bakalite@ba*.co*] >Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 1:03 PM >To: Trey; Ian Puleston; techdiver@aquanaut.com >Subject: RE: OMS vs PST tank specs > > >Trey wrote: > >>For dry suit diving anywhere, the PST offers a better buoyancy fit as a >pair >>are -9 in fresh vs neutral for the Faber. To offset a proper shell suit >with >>insulation takes between 20 and 26 pounds, and that is achieved by the >>tanks, the plate, the light, and the regs, leaving the diver neutral at all >>depths with little or no gas, and negative by the amount of the gas when >>full, plus or minus a little depending on the insulation and the diver, >with >>the light being droppable in an emergency to get up. > > >Now I'm completely confused! The pst site has these figures: >LP-104 104 CU.FT. 8.00 26.19 45 LBS -0.7 LBS > >which would make a set of doubles only 1.5 pounds negative! > >Are we talking about the same tank? >-- >Paul B. -- Paul B. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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