| Re: Scrubber times
The times laid down by most manufacturers are based on worst case scientific testing, example the inspo was tested at 40lpm rmv with a throughput of 1.6lpm co2 in 4degrees of water temp. anything inside that is going to give you possible longer times, the problem is you dont know by how much. What starts as a gentle bimble on a half used scrubber could turn rapidly into a hard work dive for lots of reasons, if you have allready overrun your time it could breakthrough. There are lots of "experts" who will tell you this and that but only the manufacturers paid lots and lots of money to fix their figures. If you dive a vision with the temp stick, then you may have a better idea as to what is happening but if you dont stick to the stated figures, your life is worth more than a few quids worth of sorb.
As for the "getting a co2 hit to see what its like" you might want to try putting gun to your head and pulling the trigger to see if it will hurt. End result will probably be the same!!!
Dave |