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UWshutterbug · 8th June 2007, 14:52

There are certainly plenty of valid points that can made for both eCCr’s and mCCR’s.

As for eCCr’s being by nature, prone to inspire operator complacency
. Well…, when I started into CCR’s, it was with the eCCR variety. By the time I had completed my 20th hour on CCR (ocean dives, mind you) I had experienced one solenoid failure in the closed position and one in the open, 6 cell warnings (mostly due to moisture build up on the O2 cells, and a CPU crash.

From my 25-plus years of dealing with marine electronics in boats, underwater photographic equipment, dive computers and now CCR’s, the one thing experience has taught me is that all forms of electronics are deathly allergic to salt water.

For clarification, I don’t consider myself a tech diver. I use tech so I can dive the way I like.

For simplicity, the characteristics of mCCR diving works for me. And I can say this after completing more than 50 hours (again, ocean dives) with my KISS sport without going through nowhere near the trouble and aggravation I had before. But hey, that’s me.

Going back to the title of the original post “Maybe eCCR's really aren't the wave of the future for recreational divers?” I will ad this; the interest in CCR's among the recreational diving community is growing. To help readers explore this, we have begun a campaign of sorts in our third release of the Underwater Journal (www.underwaterjournal.com) to address as much of the myths and realities as possible in diving CCR’s.

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UWshutterbug RBW Member Current Rebreather/s: Sport Kiss Other Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Sport Kiss Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: West Palm Beach, FL Posts: 171	Re: Maybe eCCR's really aren't the wave of the future for recreational divers? There are certainly plenty of valid points that can made for both eCCr’s and mCCR’s. As for eCCr’s being by nature, prone to inspire operator complacency . Well…, when I started into CCR’s, it was with the eCCR variety. By the time I had completed my 20th hour on CCR (ocean dives, mind you) I had experienced one solenoid failure in the closed position and one in the open, 6 cell warnings (mostly due to moisture build up on the O2 cells, and a CPU crash. From my 25-plus years of dealing with marine electronics in boats, underwater photographic equipment, dive computers and now CCR’s, the one thing experience has taught me is that all forms of electronics are deathly allergic to salt water. For clarification, I don’t consider myself a tech diver. I use tech so I can dive the way I like. For simplicity, the characteristics of mCCR diving works for me. And I can say this after completing more than 50 hours (again, ocean dives) with my KISS sport without going through nowhere near the trouble and aggravation I had before. But hey, that’s me. Going back to the title of the original post “Maybe eCCR's really aren't the wave of the future for recreational divers?” I will ad this; the interest in CCR's among the recreational diving community is growing. To help readers explore this, we have begun a campaign of sorts in our third release of the Underwater Journal (www.underwaterjournal.com) to address as much of the myths and realities as possible in diving CCR’s.
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