POLL, Nitrox tank use and analyze

ThomasScherrer · Aug 9, 2011

please be honost..
we all know what is the correct way to do things,
here you have a way to ask for releaf and be forgiven

scubamama5 · Aug 9, 2011

Mix the gas myself..no
Blink while I'm mixin'....yes
Somebody else make my Mix .. absolutely!!

miketsp · Aug 9, 2011

Personally, I used to just go through the motions because the mixes I was checking were always within 1 or 2% of the expected. But then I found one that was more than 10% over. This could have had some serious consequences under the circumstances.
So nowadays I ALWAYS pay careful attention.
Just once is all it takes.

ThomasScherrer · Aug 9, 2011

but have you EVER used a Nitrox tank without analyzing it first ?
then vote correctly, and god will forgive you this one time, I promisse

DA Aquamaster · Aug 9, 2011

I get banked fills, PP blended fills and do my own fills. I analyze every time regardless of who does it/where I get it. Sometimes I end up analzying a tank twice if it has been awhile since the fill - if for any reason I mistrust the contents label.

I have seen many shops where rental tanks with nitrox and air all come in the same brushed aluminum AL80s and are all filled in the same location.

A similar situation exists on a larger live-aboard dive boat that pumps both air and nitrox (or trimix for that matter), where the diver may not know exactly what is in the fill whip and/or observe the actual fill.

When either of those situaions arise, it is way too easy to get air in a nitrox tank or vice versa and personally analyzing the tank you intend to use is essential.

ianr33 · Aug 9, 2011

Always.

I figure breathing the wrong gas is the most likely way to kill myself diving.

ScubaSteve · Aug 9, 2011

ThomasScherrer:
but have you EVER used a Nitrox tank without analyzing it first ?
then vote correctly, and god will forgive you this one time, I promisse

This threads leaves me believing you have something you need to confess yourself.

I have personally never dove a Nitrox tank that I did not test myself. Stakes are too high and it is way to simple to not test them.

DevonDiver · Aug 9, 2011

If I didn't test it myself, it'd ruin the dive... with worrying.

D_B · Aug 9, 2011

test it .. the shop has a tester, use it

currier · Aug 9, 2011

Wow, I didn't even realize that diving a tank of EAN without testing it myself was an option :shocked2:

Guess I missed that chapter when reading through my course material ...

POLL, Nitrox tank use and analyze

Before using a NITROX tank

I do nothing, I thrust the blenders mix to be ok

I admit to have used a NITROX tank, with out analyzed it

I ALWAYS analyze my self

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