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From: Frank Deutschmann <fhd@in*.ne*>
Subject: Re: gas fittings
To: maikene@st*.be*.ed* (Eric Maiken)
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 12:07:33 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: techdiver@terra.net
Eric Maiken sez:
> i propose the following scheme that should address all concerns: simply
> change the threads from right-hand to left-hand on the DIN 300 BAR mate for
> all mixed-gas tanks/regs.

This has already been proposed (and killed, I believe) for Nitrox.  (Ed Betts
was behind the approach.)

It would probably be a Good Idea to do something for Argon (seeing as there
have already been a few "incidents"), but seeing as a left-hand DIN valve
is overkill, and we only have two of them, do we really want to give one
up to argon?

-frank
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