Quote: (Originally Posted by
ntokyo)

On the principle it is a good idea. But in practice, I see a big drawback. First is the lack of precision, as the gas within the bag may not be homogeneous and you will have eratic readings... It may be dangerous to compress an unknown gas (O2 in excess of 40%) considering that your analysis may not be precise. Imagine that your HE hose disconnect or He bank is empty and your O2 % will immediately raise over 40%.... I am not certain how you plan to inject air inside, depending of the method it may not be very accurate.... I have a small compressor and the inspiration is varying along a tank filling. You need to have a way to tune the air, o2 or He entry along the blending.
I would rather avoid compressing O2 if a proper "mixing" is not made before.
I suggest to use this method for Helium only. As for O2, do it separately by partial pressure (lyre) with a O2 clean tank. Or you can buy a Continious Blending mixer, that will mix properly the gas before entering the compressor. Make sure to have an analyser before the compressor to do not exceed the 40%. To buy a mixer you can do it in France at Bigata.fr or underwaterexplorers in Bordeaux. Buy it in Europe, in US it is incredibly expensive as a company registered a patent...
Hello,
my problem is not to blend trimix, as a matter of fact it is not difficult to do it using the various classic methods .
my problem is to be able to top up my 2 liters tanks...
my idea was to do it in a bag before starting to pump the mix .
I wanted to intake a certain amount of air, and then a certain amount of helium (an heliair) and finaly add a little bit of O2 to go back to a normoxic mix as I dive shallow (50/60m).
but you point out some difficulties... as a matter of fact it will be difficult to know how much of every gas I have intaken in the bag, if I transfer helium from my b50 bank in a 400 liter bag, pressure drop in the bank will to small to mesure the amount of helium transfered..... well bad idea...
forget about that (((-:
regards
jean mi