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Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 17:34:57 +0200
From: Manos Manoli <cytech@ma*.co*.cy*>
To: anthony.appleyard@um*.ac*.uk*
CC: techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: Re: how do I measure the capacity of a cylinder?
I will answer only at the last part of your message.

> Are cylinders that big ever worn twinned?

20Ltr + Cylinders are bad news , even  big dives 100m+ can
be done with a pair of 15-18ltr  and  stage tanks.
Look at the Big DIR dives on Britanic do you see any tanks
that extend below the divers buttocks ? If you need more gas
you can use properly labeled stage tanks with bottom gas in them.

Manos Manoli
www.smiley.cy.net/cytech


anthony.appleyard@um*.ac*.uk* wrote:

>I came across a picture of a scuba set. Its cylinder could be 
>measured at 7.7 inches diameter, 28 inches long including the boot 
>but not the pillar valve. Its bottom end extended below the diver's 
>buttocks when he stood on land. If both ends of its inside are 
>hemispherical, if its walls are 0.35 inches thick, that works out at 
>0.556 cubic feet internal volume, which pressurized to 250 bars 
>makes 139 cubic feet = 5.15 cubic yards of air in it.
>- Is that the correct way to work out the official listed capacity of a 
>cylinder? If now, what is the correct way?
>- Are cylinders that big used much? What is its listed capacity?
>- Are cylinders that big ever worn twinned?
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