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What do the numbers mean? CR2450 is the battery for a Suunto, I take it. What is 20p? And 2-026?

If it's a simple dive club, then there is no entity involved. It's an unincorporated association. So the club, which doesn't have much in the way of assets, won't be sued. The people who will be sued will be the people who arguably could have prevented an injury that they arguably had a duty to...

We're getting a little off-track here with the feathering debate. The points have been clearly stated, and each diver can make up his or her own mind whether to learn and practice that skill. Does anyone disagree with my deletion of the recommendation that the diver with the free flow breathe...

I edited the original post to take into account some of the suggestions made in the thread. (Sorry, Kev, the feathering technique is too advanced for a thread in the Basic Scuba Discussions forum.) I also changed the sequence of actions. I deleted the recommendation to breathe off the octopus...

Is the north coast water colder than Monterey Bay?

I edited the original post to take into account some of the suggestions made in the thread and noted that here. I received a PM suggesting that I outline the changes made so members could know what was changed. So I have replaced this post #64, which had a few comments on the changes with this...

Thanks for the posts. I was recently wondering about how the cylinders were made. I was assuming extrusion, and now I know.

Here's a thread that addresses the subject: http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/basic-scuba-discussions/481201-equipment-failure-response-free-flowing-regulator.html Take a look and perhaps put your two cents' worth in based on your experience. Like you say, it may help someone here who hasn't...

Welcome to ScubaBoard. For the SF Bay Area, probably the most popular site is Monterey Bay. There are easy dive sites there (the Breakwater) and treacherous ones (Monastery Beach). Your neighbors will know where to take you.

Depends on what is meant by "proven." PADI says "no more than" 60 fpm, and that was the speed that was used for ascents when its affiliate, DSAT, tested the recreational dive planner. Given that the RDP has provided reliable results, one could say that 60 fpm is "proven" in the sense that it has...

Did you start at 200 bar? How deep was the bottom?

I, for one, am glad you came back. I was afraid we had scared you off. There is a feature that allows you to subscribe to a thread, and once you do, you will receive an email letting you know that there has been another post to the thread. At the top of the page, in the blue bar, there is a...

Thanks. I did a search before making the original post, and as noted, I compiled the information that I found into one post. The problem with going back to any particular thread is that some of the threads contradict each other. I am trying to sort out the different points of view to come up...

Surgery should probably be a last resort in my non-expert opinion. The surgery might cure snoring, but it's not intended to and often doesn't. If the CPAP machine works, no need for surgery (and not possible to snore when using a correctly fitted mask). Sometimes surgery makes the sleep apnea...

The topic of this thread is Ascent Rate (SSI vs PADI). Please keep posts on topic.

The topic of the thread being the incident that occurred, posts extending the discussion of what one poster thinks another poster meant by a post were deleted as being off-topic

So, if I understand the article correctly, the answer is "maybe!" :D

Not a silly question at all. I believe it depends on the cause of the free flow. If the free flow is the result of a problem with the first stage, then the octopus could free flow too. If the free flow is the result of a problem with the second stage free that is flowing, then absent cold...

The Mares Puck will lock out the diver after a too-fast ascent (and go into gauge mode). It does so when the diver exceeds the maximum rate for a stretch equal to at least two-thirds of the depth at which the audible alarm was triggered. The maximum rate is 39 fpm. The manual mentions an option...

The post was in the process of being edited and completed. It's now "above"!