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    Cyclon Second Stage Woes - Continuous Flow Problem!

    Look into the mouthpiece and you will see a plastic barrel. Rotate it a bit test and do it until it doesn't go into free flow. (just use a pen or screw drive to push it over) It is just part of servicing the unt.
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    Drysuit advice

    I have owned neoprene and shell suits. Front and back zip. They all have their advantages and disadvantages. Overall I prefer shell suits due to their flexibility in thermal under garments. I tell people I have two suits, 1/8 w/hooded vest and if it's too cold for that dry. Fully 70+% of...
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    To touch or not to touch other diver's gear

    I dive unorthodox homemade CCR. Don't even look at my gear. I have a very precise procedure for donning and checking my gear. DO NOT EVEN THINK OF TOUCHING AND DON'T INTERRUPT.
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    Repairing a bladder

    A product called Tear Aid. Great stuff! Use the type A
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    Legality of "cave fills"

    Technically it is illegal to overfill a cylinder and offer it up for transportation. You will never get a gas supplier overfill your welding cylinders. Normally they monitor temperature of cylinder whilst filling and compensate for heat. The DOT fill pressure is at 20* C (68* F) That said...
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    Failed Hydro AND failed Viz?

    We are a hydro facility. A cylinder failing hydro can not be made incapable of being filled without the owner's consent. i.e. drilling a hole or destroying the threads. We are required to X out the DOT information, (not the SN#). If I fail a cylinder on visual which is required, I X out the...
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    Helium prices ...

    2.00$ cf about retail up here. Makes me glad I dive a rebreather
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    Wanted OMS 46

    I've always referred to them as 45's Anyway I have one. Contact me via email
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    1st deep (750 ft) hydrogen CCR dive: Gateway to deep exploration?

    Yes, Simon Mitchel has long theorised that gas density must be included in gas calculations for deep technical dives. This in part to avoid or mitigate static lung pressures especially with rebreathers where negative static lung pressures can be experienced. Ref David Shaw accident analysis
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    NINE SECRETS OF CUTTLEFISH - 4K HDR Video

    My favorite species
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    Closed Ikelite Strobe

    Let me check the one I have
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    Bad scuba advice you've received

    I dive a rebreather so trimix on every dive is normal.
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    Bad scuba advice you've received

    Back in the mid 90's Don't dive the devil's gas, e.g. Nitrox
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    Favorite Fish to See?

    Cuttlefish by far
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    For Sale Whole out of business wetsuit inventory

    R# was the suit number. If there is no designation assume it was a rental.
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    For Sale Whole out of business wetsuit inventory

    These are all in excellent shape. N are new never used and R were in the rental fleet. Lot charge $1000 plus shipping. They are in 4 large plastic bins and can be shipped that way. Located in Louisville, KY There are 50 suits
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    Selling stuff

    How do I list something for sale
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    Pre-breathing procedure

    uhm, I do a pre-breathe to ascertain if my oxygen injection system is functioning correctly. It's not to check scrubber functioning, i keep track of scrubber material/dive time. A couple minutes above water may not be enough to see enough CO2 build up, but a couple minutes of O2 injection not...
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    Anticoagulants and Diving

    The biggest problem with Afib is stroke and that is why they prescribe an anticoagulant such as Eliquist, warfarin, (Coumadin) or some other anticoagulant..
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