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I mostly agree with you.. With Bruce and ANDI you can do a recreational or technical wreck class both which go miles beyond PADI's offering.. FULL DISCLOSURE.. I wrote some of the material in the ANDI Wreck Manual.. The ANDI manual covers topics which most of the other agencies won't touch...

The shop my compressor in uses alot of peak demand.. the old 30 minute meters never pushed the multiplier up that high, a few years back we were switched to a 5 minute demand meter.. there is alot of arc welding going on in another part of the building that really hits the multiplier.. the...

On thing I noticed, when people are calculating cost is that when they are doing electric comparisons they are using RESIDENTAL rates... Businesses pay alot more... In NYC most businesses get a demand meter, it basically monitors peak demand over 5 minute intervals and raises a multiplier each...

I think the sanctions are appropriate in both cases.. In case 1 the instructor did not feel the student was in good enough health to take the class, by having the student reaffirm that he was in good health reinforces this. The instructor should have had the student fill out a medical...

I'm an ANDI, Padi, SDI, TDI Instructor. I can tell you flat out the ANDI program is much more comprehensive than any other program I have ever reviewed... Its more of an old schoold program with multiple lectures and pool sessions.. The academics covered encompass materials that need to be...

Land's end is great... You ever know what you will see underwater, plus the sights during the surface interval are great ;-)

Can't agree more... I don't cave dive alot so I depend on maps to plan my route, if I'm going to take a side passage I try and verify its going in the right direction as the map says... ALso if you do get turned around, you probably can figure it out alot quicker than waiting to find an arrow...

Let me chime in here since I do Train ITs.. First I have to explain ANDI's standpoint for an IT... If you request being an It your probably not the right candidate.. We make very few Its... Its are made by a need in a specific area.. ANDI reaches out to those that we think are worthy candidates...

We can't assume the dil was run out during the dive.. if the MP is out and above the body the ADV will continually freeflow (unless it is severely detuned or the ADV is disabled - which it wasnt) quickly depleting the gas.. unfortunately there can't be a 100% certaintly of the health of the...

I have the 10bar housing with both the semi dome and the 125mm dome with 12mm extension ring.. using the semi dome at 7mm the edges vignette visibly, using the fthe 125mm dome at 7mm fixed the images are much better... I don't mind giving up the ability to soom for a better image.. in video mode...

several absolutely wrong statements... The comment about voting logic is to support their design that doesnt use voting logic... the comment about the HH resetting the po2 to 0.4 is incorrect.. if the controller resets for any reason po2 is set to 07. ata regardless of manufacturer's minimum...

I think he is going by the name hattitude these days.... From what I hear he changed the name because he doesn't have a captain's license... I was on his boat a few times and thought he ran I nice operation... I wount release the divers name but I was told he was likely on an Inspiration.. The...

To add to Chris's post in regards to a diluent flush... The original MK-15 electronics are analog electronics that have been designed to maintain a set-poit of approximately 0.7 ata... So in the case of the Navy a diluent flush makes 100% sense when using a normoxic mix(if your deeper than...

there is a mode that the sensors themselves read high right before dying.. this isn't very common and the sensor typically dies VERY quickly AND at this point and the readings are usually off the scale, so the first thing a diver is supposed to do is a dil flush..... The odds of 2 sensors doing...

Under normal operation and failures its very difficult to get a hypoxic loop.. You really have to make alot of mistakes and ignore alot of warnings, hyperoxia is a much easier occurrence.. first most divers with rigs that have ADVs installed are taught to disable the ADV on systems that this...

I don't think so... especially on the HH electronics.. Regarless of the settings the user used even if the solenoid wa set to off.. the HH electronics will inject o2 as soon as the measured po2 breaks 0.19 ata.. if 2 or 3 sensors are dead, in poor shape or are covered in water, the average will...

I was good friends with Rob, and still feeel his loss, but the fact is that Rob was out of the water a long time prior to his accident, and was out of practice, couple this with some gear misassembly and you have a recipe for disaster. ---------- Post Merged at 09:57 AM ---------- Previous...

The reason ANDI pushes the RBS hard is that it IS the best method for dealing with out of/low on Gas.. A recommendation/report by the HSE in the UK stated that a spare second stage is not adequate. An RBS does not have to be an expensive proposition.. It just needs to be able to deliever gas...

ANDI has ALWAYS required quarterly testing of all its facilities.. It also has the most stringent limits.. ANDI quickly suspends facilities that don't do their testing.. Many of ANDI's facilities use trace analytics that will forward the results to ANDI.. There is no excuse for not doing...

The agencies need to keep working cooperativly like they did here regardless on how difficult the task may be.. Gathering certification numbers and information from all regional hq withing an agency can be a daunting task.. Nowadays sorting through data is not a bad , but going through and...