Let's say:
Diver A is a newbie weighing 250lbs and goes down with an Steel120 filled to 3500psi
Diver B is a seasoned DM weighing 98lbs and goes down with an AL80 filled to 3000psi
Both are diving air at a depth of 50 feet. After 50 minutes they both surface. Diver A has 500psi in his tank. Diver B has 1500psi in her tank. They have both been at 50 feet for 50 minutes, but Diver A has consumed twice as much compressed air as Diver B.
Even though a PADI RDP table would put them in the same pressure group, is Diver A at any greater risk than Diver B at this point? Or is it strickly bottom time and not total air consumption that adds to things like nitrogen loading and potential for DCS?
Diver A is a newbie weighing 250lbs and goes down with an Steel120 filled to 3500psi
Diver B is a seasoned DM weighing 98lbs and goes down with an AL80 filled to 3000psi
Both are diving air at a depth of 50 feet. After 50 minutes they both surface. Diver A has 500psi in his tank. Diver B has 1500psi in her tank. They have both been at 50 feet for 50 minutes, but Diver A has consumed twice as much compressed air as Diver B.
Even though a PADI RDP table would put them in the same pressure group, is Diver A at any greater risk than Diver B at this point? Or is it strickly bottom time and not total air consumption that adds to things like nitrogen loading and potential for DCS?