stretchthepenn
Contributor
The recent thread about the Dive Talk GO got me thinking... One of that unit's features is a small scrubber. Its limited sorb capacity makes this particular rebreather only suitable for non-expedition-type dives, but for that particular use case, the small scrubber seems reasonable.
Let's assume, then, that a diver has a rebreather with a standard-capacity scrubber (say four or five hours' worth of sorb). This diver has a use case in which they'll be doing a 1.5-hour one-off dive, or maybe two relatively quick dives. The diver doesn't want to go OC, and storing the partially used sorb for later is either impossible or impractical.
Could this diver half-pack the scrubber in their full-size rebreather? And if so, would it necessarily be a bad idea?
NOTE: I'm not gonna do it; I'm just curious.
Let's assume, then, that a diver has a rebreather with a standard-capacity scrubber (say four or five hours' worth of sorb). This diver has a use case in which they'll be doing a 1.5-hour one-off dive, or maybe two relatively quick dives. The diver doesn't want to go OC, and storing the partially used sorb for later is either impossible or impractical.
Could this diver half-pack the scrubber in their full-size rebreather? And if so, would it necessarily be a bad idea?
NOTE: I'm not gonna do it; I'm just curious.