[PSUBS-MAILIST] Shell, downsizing

Mon Dec 3 13:58:05 EST 2018

Alec,

What gas company are you dealing with? There are only 2 companies on the
big island, Mathason and air gas and non of them have an 80 cu ft 02 bottle.
Rick

On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 5:51 PM Alec Smyth via Personal_Submersibles <
personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

> Hi Rick,
>
> Shackleton carries two 80cf tanks of O2. The ABS requirement is 72 hours
> plus mission time, with consumption calculated at a rate of 1cf/man hour,
> so one of these tanks per person satisfies them. The tanks are 7" in
> diameter and about 34" tall including the valve. Sorry, can't recall the
> price. The system of swapping out takes care of hydro, maintenance, rust,
> etc.
>
> Best,
> Alec
>
> On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 3:47 PM Rick Patton via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
>> Alec
>> Yes that's what I have herd as well. I think the only thing different
>> between med 02 and industrial 02 is that med 02 is a little dryer and more
>> expensive because it has the word "medical" on it. I originally checked
>> into using small industrial tanks but changed my thought process to Scuba
>> tanks due to going with aluminum for weight and non rust reasons. I will
>> only see salt water where I am. How many cubic feet are they what is the
>> length and diameter and cost you paid if you remember as it is looking more
>> and more like that is what I am going to have to do.
>> Thanks
>> Rick
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 8:35 AM Rick Patton <satwelder at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Thanks for your responses.
>>> I have industrial 02 bottles in my shop but by equalizing the bottles
>>> you would not get you a full bottle  which I would prefer to have before
>>> going out. I could get an HP 02 transfer pump to do that but they are
>>> expensive.
>>> The Welding supply stores here have to send the bottles to Oahu to be
>>> filled and they won't fill a scuba tank with any kind of 02 and the dive
>>> shop as I said want's a tech cert which is costly to get so this ordeal has
>>> been quite frustrating!
>>> I did get an oxygen provider cert many years ago which this shop may
>>> accept (there trying to decide) but they expire and the only guy on the
>>> island that I know of able to give that course has left. Seems crazy that
>>> you can go out and but an assault rifle after passing a background check
>>> without proving to them you know how to use it and then shoot up the town
>>> but they make it so hard to purchase 02!
>>> Rick
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 2:52 PM Alan via Personal_Submersibles <
>>> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Rick,
>>>> I did a Padi Emergency Oxygen Provider course.
>>>> It was very short & the local dive store (Global dive) was happy
>>>> selling me O2
>>>> here in Auckland with that certification. You can quote me if your
>>>> store isn't sure.
>>>> In my case I approached them & they only needed a few more interested
>>>> people
>>>> to run the course.
>>>> Cheers Alan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 1/12/2018, at 12:31 PM, Rick Patton via Personal_Submersibles <
>>>> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Checked into buying 2 aluminum 80,s from the shop here on the Big
>>>> Island and they will sell me the 02 cleaned tanks but won't fill them with
>>>> 02 unless I have a tech divers certificate or some such thing.  What have
>>>> others done?
>>>> Rick
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 3:14 PM Alan via Personal_Submersibles <
>>>> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Brian,
>>>>> congratulations on getting that mold done, glad it came out ok.
>>>>> Know what you mean about accumulating stuff; I have spent the last few
>>>>> days buying racking & clear plastic containers & organising my sub
>>>>> stuff.
>>>>> I have been buying electronics that I already had. Great putting stuff
>>>>> in
>>>>> clear plastic bins so I know what I've got!
>>>>> Alan
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 30/10/2018, at 1:41 PM, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <
>>>>> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>                 I successfully made my mold for my shell /cover for my
>>>>> sub , now I'm just fixing some imperfections that occurred when
>>>>> separating the parts .   I've been inquiring into a truck strong enough to
>>>>> haul my sub but it turns out all the older trucks are now banned in
>>>>> Kalifornia,  there are trucks around but they are illegal to have on the
>>>>> road, really sucks.  So I guess in the long run I'm better off just hiring
>>>>> somebody to haul it .   This state is so messed up.   Also I'm doing an
>>>>> extreme downsizing , I'm moving out of my rented shop and just going to my
>>>>> house now to work from.  I'll be keeping the sub on the side part of our
>>>>> property.  I'm kind of re leaved to get out of that shop simple because
>>>>> I've accumulated so much crap !   Better to simplify things.
>>>>>
>>>>> Brian
>>>>>
>>>>>
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