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Reply-To: "Curtis Krouse" <ckrouse@worldnet.att.net>
From: "Curtis Krouse" <ckrouse@worldnet.att.net>
To: <lancair.list@olsusa.com>
Subject: Re: "bail-out" bottle
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 13:17:11 -0800
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I would have to disagree with Jim on this one.  As a certified diver I'm
familiar with the emergency air bottles.  Dive bottles are designed for
compressed air which is very different then pure oxygen or any other gas for
that matter.  One would be very hard pressed to get any place to fill a
bottle for compressed air with pure oxygen.  Even if the compressed air
bottle would have no problems containing pure oxygen, because of liabilities
I think that no oxygen station would dare fill any bottle with oxygen other
than bottles that have proof marks and updated inspection tags to show that
the bottle is good for filling.

Curtis Krouse N753K

>    For the "bail-out" bottle, I suggest checking any local dive shop or
one
>of the on-line diving supply places.  There are several small sizes made
for
>just a few minutes' use, very small and not too heavy.  With the variety of
>nitrox mixes popular nowadays, there should not be any problem filling it
>with pure oxygen or a high-oxygen mix.
>
>Jim Cameron  (once & future ES)


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