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Rich Neiswonger (rich@mk*.co*) wrote:
>> Ken Shallot asked:
>> So tell us, how hard of a crash did it cause for this DIN valve to
>> shear?
> I have witnessed a shearing of a smaller poseiden first stage from it's yoke
> adapter after falling off a VW van onto rocks near a mexican cenote.
>
Two weeks ago I had a student forget to bungie his rig to the side of a boat.
When the captain booted the engines, his tanks fell forward onto the deck.
The ODIN DIN pipette on the left post sheared in two, leaving a piece inside
the DIN cup. However, the DIN adaptor on the USD reg on the right post was
merely bent a few mm. I was reminded immediately of the postings of one of
this lists more controversial members. And YES, you guessed it, the tanks
were joined by a Sherwood manifold.

Greg Dawe

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