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Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 23:00:12 -0500
To: techdiver@terra.net
From: markp@co*.co* (Mark Pansing)
Subject: Re: Draeger Atlantis
>On Tue, 18 Jul 1995 devon@ol*.ch* wrote:
>
>> 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

It my understanding (limited) that you must watch your exhaust bubbles. If
the bubbles cease or become eratic you have an inflow problem.

Question: Is the flow adjustable on the Draeger Atlantis?

Mark Pansing  NSS 26348
markp@co*.co*


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