I have 4 fingers missing down to the last knuckle on my r/hand and have no
problem reaching and shutting down ISO or r/h valve from fully open to
closed! Waaaaaaasssssssssssssup with you able bodied ppls???????????????
BUY A SLOBWINDER, thats all you seem to be missing!!!!!!!
Or,
practice,practice,practice,practice,practice,practice,practice,pract........
.........................................................
Jack
-----
From: "David E. Smith" <dsmith218@ho*.co*>
To: "Phi Le" <phi@sk*.be*>; "adrian scothern" <ady@no*.fs*.co*.uk*>;
"George Irvine" <kirvine@sa*.ne*>; "techdiver-aquanaut.com"
<techdiver@aquanaut.com>; "Chris Tibble" <chris.tibble@bt*.co*>
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2001 12:41 AM
Subject: RE: Isolating Manifold Question


> I would like to personally thank Phi Lee for being so smart as to catch
> the "subtle" difference between 2 half turns and 1 full turn.  I realize
> that
> I as a mere mortal can not turn a valve behind my head a complete
revolution
> without dislocating my wrist.  Apparently he can.  Thank you for posting
> yet another useful message in the never ending "concentrate on the
> minutia instead of the content post" mentality.
>
> Also, not related to Phi's post,  It seems to me that the how one would
want
> a manifold isolator positioned for mixing gas is COMPLETELY separate from
> the
> discussion of how you would want to position it for diving.  If you are
not
> intelligent to be able to position an isolator for mixing gas, you
probably
> shouldn't
> be mixing in the first place!
>
> dsmith218@ho*.co*
> ICQ# 25409809
>
> Moderation is for the poor, and the healthy...of which I am neither. -
> Polver
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phi Le [mailto:phi@sk*.be*]
> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 9:15 AM
> To: adrian scothern; George Irvine; techdiver-aquanaut.com; Chris Tibble
> Subject: RE: Isolating Manifold Question
>
>
> Adrian,
>
> Do you think it would work with 1 full turn, or must it be *exactly* 2
half
> turns ?
>
> -Phi
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: adrian scothern [mailto:ady@no*.fs*.co*.uk*]
>   Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 12:38 PM
>   To: adrian scothern; George Irvine; techdiver-aquanaut.com; Chris Tibble
>   Subject: Re: Isolating Manifold Question
>
>
>
>
>
>     Well, i've been diving with the ISO two half turns , since having a
twin
> set!, and proberley 3/4 OF Europe dive's The BullShit Paranoia Way, I'm
> Sorry that i've No Idea about Diving OH DEMI GOD OF THE UNDERWATER WORLD
>
>     -- Original Message -----
>       From: George Irvine
>       To: adrian scothern ; Chris Tibble ; techdiver-aquanaut.com
>       Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 11:19 AM
>       Subject: Re: Isolating Manifold Question
>
>
>       And what bullshit paranoia do you attribute the "two half turns "
to?
> This is the kind of mindless crap that gets people killed. I will say
right
> here and now that you can come up with no reason to do something that
stupid
> that makes any sense what so ever. Give it a try.
>
>
>         ----- Original Message -----
>         From: adrian scothern
>         To: Chris Tibble ; techdiver-aquanaut.com
>         Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 7:04 PM
>         Subject: Re: Isolating Manifold Question
>
>
>         I have the ISO two half turn's on, and I think the key is to ,
Know
> your kit inside out, I've sat in the dark , in full kit for over 30 hours
> ,every new bit of kit , i go through the same process, and Do know my
> current config  Insideout , the wife finds this highly amusing if/when she
> walks in . same goe's for inwater training dives .
>
>         ady
>
>           ----- Original Message -----
>           From: Chris Tibble
>           To: techdiver@aquanaut.com
>           Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 6:28 PM
>           Subject: Isolating Manifold Question
>
>
>           Just a quickie. I'm just about to buy my first twinset with a
> manifold. I've dived twins before, independents because of fiscal reasons
> (I'm a poor student!) What I need to know is this. Some of the people I
have
> talked to who dive manis only open their iso knob about 1/2 a turn, whilst
> others open it all the way. Thinking about it I can see advantages and
> disadvantages to both:
>
>           All the way
>           Adv:         No risk of turning wrong way
>
>           Disadv:     May get stuck if turned on all way
>                           Have to turn it 3 turns (or whatever)
>
>           Part way
>           Adv:        V fast way of isolating
>
>           Disadv:    Can turn it the wrong way
>                          Not having it open all the way may limit
> equalisation across the manifold.
>
>           Now any or all of this may be unmitigated rubbish, but it's just
> what I was thinking about last night.
>
>           Any comments/suggestions as to how best to do it?
>
>           As this is my first post, go easy on me - I'm still learning!
>
>           Many thanks,
>
>           Chris
>
>
>           --
>           It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at
> that man.
>
>
>
>

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