Do Nitrox Regs need Nitrox everythings?

[The Chairman]

We are clearly talking about different communities, which is why I pulled my punches in my original language. Where I live, no one uses DIN outside of the tech community, and no one in the tech community uses yoke.

Yeah, they're different. We probably dive a bit more!

 

[boulderjohn]

Yeah, they're different. We probably dive a bit more!

Really? I can't imagine anyone anywhere diving more than we do in Colorado, where our official state motto is that we are only a plane flight away from great scuba.

 

[The Chairman]

While you're driving to the airport, I'll be in the drink. Have fun.

 

[Garth]

Okay so I think we are at the point where we have realized that there are no nitrox regs out there, only regs that are suitable for higher percentages of oxygen and those that are not.

Whatever. Get a hog reg and forget about having a yellow or green regulator and you will thank us later. and get a few HOGs because once you buy one you will want to have another.

 

[VooDooGasMan]

edaresek, you can probably go to a welding forumn and get oxy info. Iron workers will breathe the oxygen right out of a torch to overcome a hangover, when you see it, you think he is gonna blow up or something. Many times a person learning to cut turns on the oxy and strikes a spark and it wont light, then they relize they need to turn on the acetelene or propane line to light, then add oxy to get a hotter flame going.

The oxy carbon arch tool, lights on pure oxygen, from a battery, meaning using a carbon rod and oxygen to light.

I do use christolube, viton orings, but have stock scubapro regs I have put on 100% o2 and never had a problem ever. Even used welding grade oxygen.

Taking the caution on oxygen is just what you do, most do not breathe 100%, so danger is less when breathing less % o2.

I think you asked the ? why not make them all o2 clean, the tech class teaches the reasons for proper maintenance plus how to perform the dive.

No matter what, you are now becoming a UMCD (underwater mental case diver). You will end up spending an insanely amount of $$$ just to keep you continuely involved with scuba.

Keep asking away, and learn before you spend, but you will spend the $$$ on scuba diving one way or another.


Happy Diving

 

[TSandM]

I think it is generally accepted that exposure to the oxygen percentages typically used in recreational Nitrox (as opposed to rich decompression mixes) does not require any particular change. For tanks, it's different, because a lot of places blend their Nitrox by putting pure O2 in the tank, and topping it off with air. So tank valves in tanks used for Nitrox have to be O2 clean. But the regulator will never seen anything but the 32% or 36% that you are breathing, so the requirements are less stringent. That said, most new regs seem to come "Nitrox compatible", anyway.

 

[fnfalman]

I thought that a non-Nitrox compatible BC would blow up or go up in flame if exposed to Nitrox?









I kid, I kid!!!

 

[evil_xander]

Keep in mind that over here in EU dedicated Nitrox regs by standard now have different DIN thread, another regulatory BS to increase 'safety' in diving, so be sure not to get one of those suckers...

One more reason to buy 'normal' regs, whatever normal may now mean.

Having said that, can only confirm what others have already written.

 

[The Chairman]

Keep in mind that over here in EU dedicated Nitrox regs by standard now have different DIN thread, another regulatory BS to increase 'safety' in diving, so be sure not to get one of those suckers...

Are referring to "sport" DIN? The threads are the same, but the depth is shallower to keep you from using it on a 300 Bar tank.

That's the only difference I am aware of.

 

[Dr Wu]

I thought that a non-Nitrox compatible BC would blow up or go up in flame if exposed to Nitrox?

A common misconception.

That sort of thing is limited only to titanium back-inflate horse collars as they are exposed to much higher partial pressures of Helium/ Argon mixes.

This is scuba 101 people. It should have been covered in your basic OW course.