FredT plates

[deepdiverbc]

I must have the wrong e-mail address for Fred T as my mail keeps bouncing so I will ask my question on the board.

I am considering buying a plate from AUL/FredT but I have a question about the weights of the plates so that I can put together a plate and STA that weigh about 9-10lbs not including the harness.

The AUL/FredT .119 thickness long/normal plate is listed at 6lbs buoyancy. I am wondering if this includes the weight of the harness which I think is about 1.5 pounds.

The reason I am asking this question is because the Halcyon and Koplin plates which are heavier gauge at .125 weigh less at 5.1lbs. This doesn't make any sense to me since the latter plates also have less holes in them.

This would also lead me to ask if the .188 - 3/16 - 9lb plate might include the weight of the harness also.

 

[Dryglove]

deepdiverbc once bubbled...
I must have the wrong e-mail address for Fred T as my mail keeps bouncing so I will ask my question on the board.

I am considering buying a plate from AUL/FredT but I have a question about the weights of the plates so that I can put together a plate and STA that weigh about 9-10lbs not including the harness.

The AUL/FredT .119 thickness long/normal plate is listed at 6lbs buoyancy. I am wondering if this includes the weight of the harness which I think is about 1.5 pounds.

The reason I am asking this question is because the Halcyon and Koplin plates which are heavier gauge at .125 weigh less at 5.1lbs. This doesn't make any sense to me since the latter plates also have less holes in them.

This would also lead me to ask if the .188 - 3/16 - 9lb plate might include the weight of the harness also.

Try to PM here on the board. His user name is fredt.

 

[FredT]

are done with the harness. The plates are pretty useless witoout it. If you need exact weights without the harness I can get that for you pretty quickly.

Which e-mail are you using so I can beat on the ISP?
ftagge@goldinc.com is the primary address.
ftagge@acadiacom.net is a backup.

Both will usually get read within a few hours.


FT

 

[deepdiverbc]

FredT once bubbled...
are done with the harness. The plates are pretty useless witoout it. If you need exact weights without the harness I can get that for you pretty quickly.

Which e-mail are you using so I can beat on the ISP?
ftagge@goldinc.com is the primary address.
ftagge@acadiacom.net is a backup.

Both will usually get read within a few hours.


FT

The address was ftagge@goldinc.com and this is the message I kept getting.
Recipient: <ftagge@goldinc.com>
Reason: 5.7.1 <ftagge@goldinc.com>... Mail from 199.185.220.240 refused ... potentially Unsolicited Bulk Email

As long as I am within a half pound in my weight estimate I am happy. Can I just deduct 1.5 pounds to allow for the harness?

Right now I have a jacket style BCD with 11lbs on the cam bands and wear a 20lb belt. Would it be correct to deduct 2lbs from my required ballast to compensate for the switch to a BP&W making my total 29lbs? If so I was going to put 20lbs in ACB20 pouches and look for a 9lb plate and STA combo. Sound right?