Exploding scuba tank kills one - Florida

[gypsyjim]

Something you learned from TV sports, that's been proven to not work...??

Also proven: if someone believes something helps them medically, it often does, even if there is no scientific basis.

Called, I believe, the Placebo Effect.

Placebo Effect: A Cure in the Mind: Scientific American

 

[gypsyjim]

The simple act of sitting and doing relaxed breathing on the reg, expecting stress and overheating to dissipate, could produce those results, even if the O2 itself is not the cause.

 

[Splitlip]

A few new twists in that article.



Is it just me, or is that an odd way to put it: That the regulator was missing from the tank.

I've only rented tanks so in that case of course I set them up when I get to the site, but if one is getting tank(s) ready for a dive at home, and going to put them in the car to drive to the dive site, would one normally mount the reg to the tank then? Would it be different for a stage/pony/deco bottle?

I can see the investigators wanting the regulator for various reasons; it just struck me funny that they made it sound like they expected it to have been mounted to the tank. Maybe just an odd wording in the article Or maybe people normally do mount the reg to a stage or pony before leaving home and I don't know about it since I don't own my own tanks (?).

Thanks for posting the new article, Don.

Blue Sparkle

I rig my pony like a stage bottle. The reg get's mounted before I leave the house. My primary cylinder it get's mounted at the dock, st the site or on the boat.
Although I'm not sure how it would be relevant, unless the reporter actually meant valve.

 

[acrofrag]

Same here. The reg on a pony is setup before I leave.

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

I'm curious how the presence or absence of a regulator could have a bearing on what happened ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[Jax]

I'm curious how the presence or absence of a regulator could have a bearing on what happened ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

If it's just a regulator, not a darned thing.

Now, if the valve be attached to that there regulator . . .

 

[cool_hardware52]

I'm curious how the presence or absence of a regulator could have a bearing on what happened ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

If it's a deco bottle the reg and it's state of O2 prep could be of interest. I have no idea if the cylinder thought to be filled with.

Tobin

 

[boulderjohn]

Whether I put my regs on at home or at the site depends upon a number of things. If you are not a tech diver, you cannot believe how long setting up a full set of gear for a tech dive can take. It often makes much more sense to have it all done before you leave the house. I did a whole lot of deco diving in south Florida last spring, and I had all of it set up ahead of time more often than not.

 

[cool_hardware52]

I like to build up all my gear at home, and if I have to travel a long way I'll "unbuild" it into my baggage.

This helps reduce the chance of leaving something I need behind.

If I'm diving a short drive from home I'll leave it built and very well secured in the back of my truck.

This not only helps assure I have what I need, but it also saves time at the dive site.

Tobin

This

 

[Brewone0to]

My Deco bottle is rigged same as stage also.
It is in my Scuba room completely assembled.
(Less a turn or two on the DIN fitting)

The whole thing is O2 cleaned and
that particular reg only flows O2 to
further eliminate contamination.

Bring it and finding out that you screwed up and forgot the O2 reg is not good.
Especially if someone needs it post dive.It always travels to dive sites.
Even when the planned dive doesn't require it to get wet.
You just never know when it may be handy/needed.
If I could predict the future with any king of accuracy,
I would play lotto more often.