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On Fri, 22 Sep 1995 DDII%mimi@ma*.it*.ti*.co* wrote: I've heard the same explaination here in NYC. Mike > From: Don Dapkus ddii > > Subj: Why a J valve is a J valve > > Simon, > > The story I was told by the old LA County Instructors Association (I'm #4104!) > is that in the 195x US Divers catalog, the reserve valve was picture J in the > catalog, while (whilst for our non-American friends) the non-reserve valve was > picture K. It's stuck since then. Pretty amazing, isn't it? > > Cheers! > Don Dapkus - Dallas, Texas > > -********** ORIGINAL MSG RECEIVED ON 09/21/95 AT 21:07 FOLLOWS **********- > > > > Marc Dufour wrote: > >*HOWEVER* > > >I completely forgot to mention that the pony has a J-valve (I use what I can > >find)... I don't think it would be a good idea to dive with the reserve up, > >but, still, it could be a good way to know when my time is up (pun intended) > >when I do my safety stop... > > > Hi Marc, > > This may not be at all relevant but I recently had to retire a J valve on > my old steel 72 because the shop servicing it refused to fill the tank with > > ...... > > As an aside I can't remember why they're called j valves, there more of a > "t" shape. > > Simon > > "..fear creates it's own reality." - Simon L Hartley > > Kryton (programing time gauntlet): "...all that remains is for me to go > back in time and sacrifice myself so we can get ourselves into the mess > were in now... ...all in all todays been a bit of a bummer hasn't it > sir!!" > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Simon L Hartley o o Oo o > Associate Lecturer in Resource Technology oo o o > Faculty of Resource Science and Management o oo _____ o oo > Southern Cross University o (_/-\_) oo > P.O. Box 157 ===(S) o > Lismore NSW, Australia 2480 > Ph: (066) 203 251 or (61 66) 203 251 > Fax:(066) 212 669 E-mail: shartley@sc*.ed*.au* > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. > Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. > Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. >
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