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> Do these constant flow systems worry anyone else? I saw the Draeger unit
> in the UK a few months ago and the first thing that hit me was that you
> rely entirely on the reg that's feeding the bag with new O2. Ok, so that
> isn't such a big deal. When it breaks you can switch over to a back-up
> reg, right? But how do you know when it breaks? It just stops feeding gas
> and the O2 in your bag gets lower and lower. Without a computer to monitor
> this, you might not know that your O2 stops until it's too late. That's
> one nasty (largely undetectable) single point of failure. Do others have
> comments on this?
>
> Devon
>
> --

This has caused at least one death of a RAN diver using SemiClosed
equipment.  It is a well known problem of this type of apparatus.

Jason

Hi Baby, Is this guy boring you, come talk to me, I'm from another planet.

Zaphod, HHGTTG.

So am I.  - Jason ET

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