Basic Things You Should Have On A Dive Boat?

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vinegar to wash jellyfish stings.

 

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http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?p=2892118#post2892118 post #2, posted yesterday, May 2, 2007:


First and foremost, you need a C-card before doing any scuba diving!

No you dont.

 

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I believe if it's medical grade oxygen it shouldn't be in like a regular pony tank.

Medical O2 usually has some moisture added you it wont be in a diving cylinder. However dry diving grade O2 is perfectly fine for use and works just as well. That can be in a normal diving cylinder with the required adaptor to convert it to use with O2 delivery kit. We use a 7l steel stage cylinder as the smaller tanks do NOT provide anything like enough O2 for 2 people for any length of time.

I clarify because I knew a guy that got a cylinder full of oxygen used to mix nitrox and used normal regs for it (and would breath off it after a pool session). Which is problematic for a number of reasons...

It is? Divers breathe O2 underwater all the time when doing deco. You can breathe it in a pool without issue unless its very deep. The only problem i can think of is the tank maybe empty if needed. Simple, get a cylinder of O2 and DONT TAKE IT DIVING OR USE IT. Problem solved. All you need then is a DIN > 3 pin adaptor and it'll work with any O2 delivery kit. The advantage with an adaptor is if you run out of O2 you can then use nitrox or enriched mix from other scuba tanks and so on if anyone is using it onboard.

 

[scarefaceDM]

what ya need is common sense...:14:

 

[DeputyDan]

Someone to sit and wait for you on the boat.

That knows how to operate the boat and the radio and the anchor and the O2 supply

 

[diverdan214]

It is?

Well I thought even cleaned regs were only good for up to 50% oxygen...and I don't believe he was using o2 cleaned regs. Also the fact that he had that much crap while still doing his cert, and that he thought he would need it after a pool session, without any symptoms...other than that I guess its a fine setup.

 

[diverdan214]

Also I thought the difference between different grades of oxygen was the filtration process used to produce it, but I don't really know maybe don't listen to me.

 

[captain]

In most cases the difference between commercial, aviation and medical oxygen is the lable on the cylinder.

 

[Cacia]

yea, I thought oxygen was, added distal to the source, in-line with a humidifier for medical O2

 

[Wildcard]

It is. Many now and most in the past O2 tanks are/were steel, thus the need for dry air/O2 and further the need for a humidifer inline.