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decoweenie · 25th October 2007, 09:45

Quote: (Originally Posted by caveseeker7)

He didn't say anything when I asked him about failure rates of the solenoid controlling electronics and their power supply, though.

After 10 years of diving Rebreather, I could recall 1 MAV leaking (my fault for being lazy/hurry in assembly so not sure if could classified as failure) that resulted running out of O2 (also last dive of trip, low O2 pressure on 2L tank) on a long dive.

I have lost count the number of controller failures.

However, I tend to crash-test new things so not all could be classified as production version, but still the number of controller failures is much higher relatively.

So I am "scared" of any unit that is completely automated...

25th October 2007, 09:45	#40 (permalink)
decoweenie Crash Test Dummy Current Rebreather/s: Other CCR Other Rebreather/s: Other CCR Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cairo Posts: 5,510	Re: Automatic instead of manual gas addition valves Quote: (Originally Posted by caveseeker7) He didn't say anything when I asked him about failure rates of the solenoid controlling electronics and their power supply, though. After 10 years of diving Rebreather, I could recall 1 MAV leaking (my fault for being lazy/hurry in assembly so not sure if could classified as failure) that resulted running out of O2 (also last dive of trip, low O2 pressure on 2L tank) on a long dive. I have lost count the number of controller failures. However, I tend to crash-test new things so not all could be classified as production version, but still the number of controller failures is much higher relatively. So I am "scared" of any unit that is completely automated...
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