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Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 08:40:27 -0700
From: Paul Braunbehrens <Bakalite@ba*.co*>
Subject: Re: 300m coffee maker
To: Dean Laffan <email@re*.co*.au*>,
     Tech diver list
The hilarious part is that he still uses tank boots!

Dean Laffan wrote:
~
>  > stortford@ub*.co* wrote:
>>
>>>  This Mark Andrew's (the deep air guy) latest rig - he reckons dive the he's
>>>  going to dive to 300m on it?
>>>
>>>  http://www.divernet.com
>
>Wow, this site has some pretty amazing crap.
>
>Check out the "how to invert your twins if you're off the errr ....  "husky"
>type of physical build  http://www.divernet.com/gear/invert1198.htm
>
>Here's a snippet of the accompanying text:
>
>>  a very simple scuba system that consists of a twinset with 
>>manifold, one first
>>  and one second stage and no contents gauge at all. They simply shut off one
>>  cylinder pillar valve, then breathe off the other one until it is 
>>nearly empty
>>  and they sense an increasing breathing resistance.
>>  That is when they reach behind them, open the previously closed pillar valve
>>  and decant air from the full cylinder to the empty one. They then 
>>shut off the
>>  "donor" cylinder again. This decanting process is carried out twice. Then,
>>  with 50 bars left in each cylinder (from an initial 200 bar fill), 
>>it is time
>>  to head back to the surface.
>
>What a shock to find I've been DIW.
>
>
>regards
>
>***
>dean laffan
>real world productions
>melbourne, australia
>ph +613-9419-3966
>Mobile - 0418-525-315
>It said on the box: 'Requires Windows 95 or better' ... so I bought a Mac !
>
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