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- From: gd@gehenna.sw.stratus.com (Greg Dawe)
- Newsgroups: rec.scuba
- Subject: Re: Nitrox Diving
- Date: 21 Dec 1992 14:18:06 GMT
- Organization: Stratus Computer, Software Engineering
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- In article <1992Dec18.200249.13155@atux01.att.com> graff@atux01.att.com (Christopher Graff) writes:
- > Im thinking about taking the Nitrox course next summer and I plan
- > to purchase a Poseidon reg setup early next year.
- > What bit I know is that you can have
- > Viton rings installed in the 1st stage and maybe 2nd stage of the reg.
- > and I think they install them on the tanks also. There purpose is
- > that they dont corrode fron the higher O2 concentrations so you
- > wont have to have them replaced. I was told they run about $50-60
- > . So Im going to have them installed when I buy the reg setup.
- > Next time I get over to the shop Ill see if I can get more details.
- >
- Does the $60 include O-ring installation and cleaning? For that price I hope
- so! It probably doesn't include a cleaned HP hose and cleaned SPG, but you
- won't need that for a standard ANDI/IANTD NITROX course.
-
- I clean/service my own (and a few friends) O2 compatible regs. We buy
- our O-rings either from a dealer (like Underwater Applications who kits them
- up for a particular regulator) or directly from a manufacturer. The rings
- for an average reg, like a Sherwood Brut, shouldn't cost more than $12 or so.
- But you also need lubricant, solvent, clean gloves, etc - the costs mount up.
- And then there's the issue of clean HP hoses and gauges for EAN mixes with
- more than 40% O2. On top of it all, the current recommendations are that
- gear setup for O2 service should be inspected/cleaned every 6 months or so.
- O2 cleaning/inspecting is probably going to turn into quite a business for
- the shops how want to do it.
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