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From: Marc Dufour <mdufour@CA*.OR*>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 14:35:34 -0400 (EDT)
To: "A.Appleyard" <A.APPLEYARD@fs*.mt*.um*.ac*.uk*>
cc: techdiver@terra.net
Subject: Re: disinfecting rebreather bags



> > for something you want to breathe from. Does anyone know what is the
> > procedure for breathing bags in rebreathers?
... 
>   (2) This is probably 30 years too late to ask this, but: How convenient
> would it be to wear an aqualung AND an oxygen rebreather (not a sort in a
> backpack box), and use the rebreather as a lifejacket in emergency otherwise
> for decomprsssing on etc? I have seen several makes of rebreather that have no
> parts that would interfere with an aqualung worn also.

  With the current "fad" about rebreather sport diving, I would not be
surprised that someone gets out within a few months/years a simple and
(relatively) cheap attachment to turn any reasonably-sized BC into a
rebreather. 

  Despite the inevitable howling about the safety, advisability and 
wiseness of such a device, you can expect it to catch real good, 
especially among [put your favourite type of diver here]...

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