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n2diving · 21st March 2007, 19:33

Quote: (Originally Posted by tamorgen)

How would you clear a completely flooded loop?

Take my course

Seriously, this is taught as a skill in my O2ptima course. The student goes to the bottom of the pool, goes on OC, is told to 'flood the loop as much as you can', then clear the flooded loop. I've never had a student not be able to clear the flood.... some get it flooded more than others because the O2ptima is extremely difficult to flood. Jordan holds the record, I'm pretty sure he got the loop totally flooded... he had to work at it for several minutes, doing acrobatics underwater he looked like he was having a seizure, but he managed to get it pretty well flooded... and he cleared it.

I was thinking about this at lunch, you could actually do it without even flooding the entire loop or even getting the sensors wet if you did this while the unit was laying on it's side with the scrubber canister vertical and the DSV closed.

Hey, I'm just having fun here... as they say on Mythbusters.... Don't try this at home, we're what you call professionals.

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n2diving www.RebreatherExpress.com Current Rebreather/s: Optima Other Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 281	Re: Bizzare FX feature? Quote: (Originally Posted by tamorgen) How would you clear a completely flooded loop? Take my course Seriously, this is taught as a skill in my O2ptima course. The student goes to the bottom of the pool, goes on OC, is told to 'flood the loop as much as you can', then clear the flooded loop. I've never had a student not be able to clear the flood.... some get it flooded more than others because the O2ptima is extremely difficult to flood. Jordan holds the record, I'm pretty sure he got the loop totally flooded... he had to work at it for several minutes, doing acrobatics underwater he looked like he was having a seizure, but he managed to get it pretty well flooded... and he cleared it. I was thinking about this at lunch, you could actually do it without even flooding the entire loop or even getting the sensors wet if you did this while the unit was laying on it's side with the scrubber canister vertical and the DSV closed. Hey, I'm just having fun here... as they say on Mythbusters.... Don't try this at home, we're what you call professionals. Last edited by n2diving : 22nd March 2007 at 14:04.
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