tekkydiver
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For use out in the ocean, a $ 1,0000.00 depth finder gets you little more than a toy.
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For use out in the ocean, a $ 1,0000.00 depth finder gets you little more than a toy.
On a sidebar, does anyone have input on how to safely store O2? I'm leery of where I want to put any accelerants, and the engine bay seems like a really bad idea.
Is this your first boat?
I am assuming this is emergency O2. To carry a decent volume, put it out in your (outside) tank rack. A 100cf steel industrial bottle or if you have the diving cert convert an al80 to O2 service and get that filled at a dive shop.
100cf of O2 will make about 700cf of 32% via a stick.Yes, initially just emergency O2, but later on, once I have some experience with the boat and want to go further afield, I will have to figure out a way to get a compressor onboard and blend on the go. One step at a time.
100cf of O2 will make about 700cf of 32% via a stick.
I would get more smaller industrial supply bottles vs one big one. Depending on how much you want to make 2 or 3 100 or 125cf is a reasonable size that you could wrangle on or off the boat to get refilled. A 250cf is heavy AF and you're much more likely to drop it or chip gelcoat etc.
PS you can get 125cf bottles of industrial o2 from Central Welding. Dont bother trying to get medical from them, they will hassle you forever and its the same stuff anyway