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At 05:02 AM 10/24/95 -0700, bmk@ds*.bc*.ca* wrote:
>I saw a device on TV the other day that (at least for me) could do the job of
>a rebreather. They wanted to collect the exhaust gases from a diver using
>open circuit SCUBA. To do this the exhaust port ( and diaphram ) of the
>regulator second stage was connected to a disk shaped object and then to
>the surface. All exhaust gas was fed to the surface and none was discharged
>into the water! I assume that the disk was some sort of depth compensated
>pressure reduction valve which allowed the exhaust gas to vent to 1 ata without
>causing a regulator lock up or free flow ( 2 things I have experience in
>abundance while trying to create a similar device ). Does anyone know what
>this device was, and where it can be obtained?
My guess would be that the device would be a chamber with 1 way valves to
let water in as the exhaled bubbles make their way to the surface. What was
the diameter of the "exhaust" pipe/hose to the surface? I suppose if the
pipe/hose is wide enough, there should be no venturi effect.
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Clyde Wells, in a October 23 CBC interview.
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