tmassey
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I knew at that price it would sell quickly!
That dovetailed with my thinking. There's a difference between being physically able to, and being practical to. But at $750, it was worth the conversation!
I *have* a compressor: a 6CFM Poseidon. And I use it for making EAN32. I understand how to do the same thing for Trimix. Unlike compressing Nitrox (where there are only a few people who argue against it), it seems there are a much larger number of people who argue against it for Trimix. So I haven't gone down that path.
I'm glad you found a buyer -- not that there was any doubt at that price!
It is painful to babysit a mini booster trying to move a lot of gas at high pressure. It takes a lot of time, a lot of drive gas, and needs a lot of breaks because the booster gets hot just whacking away at it.
That dovetailed with my thinking. There's a difference between being physically able to, and being practical to. But at $750, it was worth the conversation!
Honestly, if you're just interested in trimix fills into doubles, I'd look at picking up one of the many cheap used compressors floating around on SB, building a nitrox/trimix stick, and using that.
I *have* a compressor: a 6CFM Poseidon. And I use it for making EAN32. I understand how to do the same thing for Trimix. Unlike compressing Nitrox (where there are only a few people who argue against it), it seems there are a much larger number of people who argue against it for Trimix. So I haven't gone down that path.
I'm glad you found a buyer -- not that there was any doubt at that price!