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> > Does anyone know if there exists a regulator which could be used to > ventilate a non-breathing diver? > > It would seem that incorporating a ventilation feature into a second > stage would require relatively few changes; just a mechanism to lock > out the exhaust valve during purge, and pressure-limited purge. I > could see this being built as a switch in the front cover (with a > safety, of course). > > With many of us carrying O2 on dives, it would seem rather useful to > have such a regulator on the O2 stage bottle; especially as the switch > to O2 is not so urgent as to preclude double checking the purge > switch. > > Does anyone make such a regulator? Would there be interest? > > -frank > -- > fhd@pa*.co* | If you are skating on thin ice, you might as well dance. > 1 917 992 2248 | > 1 718 746 7061 | > > -- Such a regulator is certainly possible, but unfortunately in the hands of the untrained, a lethal weapon. Most of us carry O2 systems that, regardless of skill level (or lack there of), do not make the situation any worse. The regulator you describe would require a great deal of training to avoid doing damage. Bill VanderClock WVANDERC@BE*.ED*
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