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Tanks are still for sale. The hydro date is 3/11 and were O2 cleaned at the time. Since that date, they have been used as an Oxygen Clean Air bank (never in the water since) for blending with my CCR bottles (filled ~5 times). I'm willing to perform the visual, new stickers, replace the...

Something is wrong here. You started the dive with 210 bar and completed it with 100 bar. Im assuming since your a new diver, you were using a 80 cuft (11 L) tank. In this case you went thru ~40 cuft. Assuming your SAC rate is 0.6 cuft/min (exceptional for a new diver), 40 mins at 10M would...

Globaldiver took my other set (out of hydro). Quick update, Tanks mfg date (first hydro) is 10/2005 and the current hydro is 3/2011

Steel Worthington HP 100s 6 years old, hydro last year, used as a fill bank (not dove) for the last 4 years. Highland Mills SS bands, Halcyon DIN manifold. $650 OBO. Location Orange County Calif. Phil

Limey72, Look at the CDIP website predictions before you start your drive. As noted in other comments Laguna is a good choice. CDIP recent forecast fm_scb_xxx

Steve, I'm missing something. If I shut off first using the needle valve, I have pressure between the O2 bank and the needle valve. Shutting off the ball valve at this point keeps pressure between the ball valve and the needle valve. At his point, I would close off the storage bank valve...

Steve, To close off needle valves, you really need to crank on them. The Sherwood inline valves were also on the list but I got a better deal on these. 5 new ball valves on ebay for $120 and the needle valve was $20. The other issue with needle valves is that a quick look will not verify all...

Tech_diver, I did put a needle valve after the ball valve to control flow. Steve, I will start tighten down the valve. Thanks Here is a picture of my setup

Question for the group. I have bought some Swagelok SS-43GS4 ball valves for my panel. They are rated for 3000 PSI. I have disassembled them, O2 cleaned them (ultrasonic) and then used a little Christo Lube MCG 111 during reassemble. After reassembly, I integrated them into my new panel...

I was using a 6 cuft bottle, but most of the time now I just plug into my deco mix. Most of the time is 50%. I will only go back to the 6 cuft bottle if Im using Argon - 45F or colder.

Penetrating the Yukon is a serious dive. Over the years, I have seen many recreational divers pop in and out of the wreck. After a while, they go a little further and don't realize how much risk they are incurring. 80 cuft does not last long when lost on this wreck. We all need to respect...

Saturday, we dove the oil rigs here in So Calif.. Max depth was 405', runtime was 125 minutes. This was done on my CCR, Dil was 8/68 trimix (O2/He). For bailout, I carried 12/60, 18/45, 50% O2 and 100% O2. On dives like this we always use scooters, it is too hard to swim with 4 Al 80s.

The camera is a Sony HC-9 in a Gates housing. As for lights, it's just my Light Monkey 21W HID light.

This video was shot late June http://www.vimeo.com/27979609 Enjoy Phil

kazbanz, Planning is key! But we don't always plan for every situation. In the case you have described, vis dropped very quickly. In this case I would return to the place just before the vis dropped and wait for your buddy. I had a situation in June where the vis went to Zero in seconds (my...

Lakeland Car Ferry on Vimeo One of my favorite wreck dives!

4 HP100 (2 set of doubles, one set has air for mixing, the other has 10/60 Tx for the RB) 3 AL80 (bail out) 4 AL40 (bail out) 2 HP23 (RB) 2 AL6 1 T HE 1 T O2

I only use Argon when diving in water below 50F. No flush, I just wait until ~15' before adding gas. This allows most of the air to escape.

Peter, This Gato was my dive partner John (west coast). The sub was stripped of most everything. I went aft first then towards the bow. On the way towards the bow, I passed the conning tower, it goes thru the main compartment. After this point, I found one more bulkhead, then the front...

UB-88 Sub on Vimeo