Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] on-board air.

[Ian Roxborough <irox@ix.netcom.com>]

I was wondering...

If the CO2 tank is in the human occupied space, do you have a plan
to deal with a faulty valve or some form of CO2 leak?

Seems a little dangerous since CO2 isn't good for humans.

Cheers,
 Ian.


On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 20:52:52 EST
ShellyDalg@aol.com wrote:

> Hi Jay. Both good points. My thought was that the volume per cubic foot of  
> available tank space for air versus CO2 might help in a small sub when the 
> tanks  are inside and taking up valuable space. 
> A standard scuba tank at 80 cubic feet of air takes up quite a bit of  space. 
> Now, let me ramble for a minute.
> 2 people on board, diving at 150 feet, want to blow ballast dry maybe 3  
> times each dive. ( one to come up, one to try but fail to come up, and one  more 
> to come up after you fix whatever it was that failed.) Hopefully you get it  
> right by then.But if it still won't come up........
> Now you need two tanks for escape air, and enough air with a scrubber to  
> stay stuck for three days while you hope someone can get to you.
> That makes about 6 scuba tanks.
>  What if you could replace all the ballast blow with one liquid tank,  ( 3 
> blows, or 3 scuba tanks.)
> With a small sub, it's getting real crowded in there with all those  tanks.
> I don't think anyone carries that much air in a small sub, but more is  
> better than less!
> Just wondering.Frank D.
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