Having to use bailout bottle

[wetb4igetinthewater]

I'm not a rebreather diver, not even a tec diver yet, but I have a question for you rebreather folks. How many times have you ever had to abort your dive and use your bailout bottle?

---------- Post added December 7th, 2015 at 10:15 PM ----------

BTW, I am pretty sure what I expect most answers to be. There's a reason why I'm asking and I just want to confirm my initial reaction.

 

[denhaan]

I'm not a rebreather diver, not even a tec diver yet, but I have a question for you rebreather folks. How many times have you ever had to abort your dive and use your bailout bottle?

---------- Post added December 7th, 2015 at 10:15 PM ----------

BTW, I am pretty sure what I expect most answers to be. There's a reason why I'm asking and I just want to confirm my initial reaction.

never in 20 years

 

[Germie]

Never myself, but I have shared my oxygen from my 3L bottle with a buddy. So running 2 ccr's manually is possible
And another buddy had a problem with 2 out of 3 cells in a cave so the last 400m went out on oc bailout.

 

[Jill Heinerth]

Once for me. And once brought a carbon dioxide hit buddy home using a shocking amount of bailout from both our supplies.

 

[mselenaous]

On my one of my certification dives on the GEM, I got a caustic cocktail & had to switch to bailout & return to the boat.

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[Wookie]

I see it on almost every trip.

 

[mmadiver]

I see it on almost every trip.

Wow - what are the majority reasons why people are bailing?


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[decompression]

Once, dive number 2, caustic cocktail.


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[Superlyte27]

I'm not a rebreather diver, not even a tec diver yet, but I have a question for you rebreather folks. How many times have you ever had to abort your dive and use your bailout bottle?

---------- Post added December 7th, 2015 at 10:15 PM ----------

BTW, I am pretty sure what I expect most answers to be. There's a reason why I'm asking and I just want to confirm my initial reaction.

Not really a fair question. If someone answers 10 times, but has 35 years of CCR diving, is that the same as me answering 1 time in 500 hours of CCR diving?

 

[Wookie]

Wow - what are the majority reasons why people are bailing?


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Any of about 20 things. "when in doubt, bail out" A cell dies and another goes wonky, handset shuts off during the dive, broken t-piece, I saw a loop fall apart on a dive, etc.