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On Thu, 12 Oct 1995, Harold Gartner wrote:
Regarding dry suit inflation:>
>In short, in my limited experience with a seperate inflation system, I
>find that 13 cu.ft. is far far more gas than I need.
Harold, 13 ft is more that you need until something
goes wrong. I carry 15 cu ft in a 2015 psi aluminum tank.
In a cave dive, if you rip your suit, and then have to go
through a deep section to get out, it is a problem if you
have run out of gas. At deco, a ripped suit will require
repeated additions of gas. I basicly am carrying three times
the gas required for normal operation. By the way, argon
increases the efficiency of a material like thinsulate by
about 50%, while being wet reduces it to 80%, so if you
are wet and on argon, you are still better than dry on
air, and I have done some seven hour wet decos without any
problem with 15 ft of argon. - George Irvine
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