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> Since the first stage is 'balanced' to ambient pressure by its
>diaphragm or piston, why, isn't the interstage pressure 8-12 bar *above
>ambient*?
>
> If not, then my understanding of kit function is flawed.
Have you noticed that *BIG*, *HEAVY DUTY* spring in the first stage,
merrily pushing *HARD* against the piston/diaphragm???
It makes sure the intermediate pressure is a good number of bars above
the ambient pressure....
Otherwise, I'd find that trying to breathe through that tiny hose, er...
sucks.
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America has the largest number of functional illiterates in the
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* Marc Dufour * [\] ACUC 6 31874 * http://WWW.CAM.ORG/~mdufour *
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