RICHinNC
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IM BACK>>>
Well I took my Enriched Air course this weekend. The instructor and I talked extensively on why I was taking the course... my thoughts on how I would employ enriched air....what type of computer I would use....and the question about the pony.
As far as the pony goes....it is exclusively for use in an emergency situation only....cant find or get to buddy...had a main failure...headed right up. In the instructors opinion...use of standard air in a pony is certainly acceptable. He also reiterated a couple of comments here...dont use it to extend the dive...and if the thread was well read...it should be obvious that was not the intention. He did note, if I fixed whatever the problem was that caused the use of the pony...to sit down with the tables and figure what the oxy exposure would be using the two gasses.
Now my lds main man....is very anti using the same gear I dive regular air with. He is adamant that I should have all seperate nitrox dedicated gear. And, I really think he feels that way because of safety and his thoughts about nitrox....versus just trying to sell more gear.
It has been an interesting weekend.
Well I took my Enriched Air course this weekend. The instructor and I talked extensively on why I was taking the course... my thoughts on how I would employ enriched air....what type of computer I would use....and the question about the pony.
As far as the pony goes....it is exclusively for use in an emergency situation only....cant find or get to buddy...had a main failure...headed right up. In the instructors opinion...use of standard air in a pony is certainly acceptable. He also reiterated a couple of comments here...dont use it to extend the dive...and if the thread was well read...it should be obvious that was not the intention. He did note, if I fixed whatever the problem was that caused the use of the pony...to sit down with the tables and figure what the oxy exposure would be using the two gasses.
Now my lds main man....is very anti using the same gear I dive regular air with. He is adamant that I should have all seperate nitrox dedicated gear. And, I really think he feels that way because of safety and his thoughts about nitrox....versus just trying to sell more gear.
It has been an interesting weekend.