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Breathing bags in rebreathers should be disenfected at the end of each dive day. There are several good disenfecting agents out there and your choice should be dictated by its lack of reactivity with the breathing bag material. Rod On Tue, 24 Oct 1995, Joel Coopmans wrote: > Rich said: > > Don't forget rebreathing off the BC. I've never heard that one taught, > > but I am convinced it was the only thing that got me two the surface on two > > occasions (both from 40-50 feet). > > > As far as I know breathing off the BC is not taught because there is a > risk for infections caused by bacteria ( and probably some other stuff too) > that grow inside the BC. > Personally, I clean the inside of my BC two to three times a year with > 'Chloramine', a commercially available desinfectant. However, I think this > is hardly enough for something you want to breathe from. > > Does anyone know what is the procedure for breathing bags in rebreathers? > > Of course, I only want to point out that there is a potential risk involved. > When the alternative is drowning, the choice is clear (to me at least). > > Best regards, > > Joel Coopmans > Supply Chain Software To dive or not to dive, > Analyst-programmer that's the question. > e-mail: u99854@kb*.be* > tel : +32 2 422 7297 > > P.S. Flames per personal mail to u99854.kb.be please! > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. > Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. >
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