Quote: (Originally Posted by
jmurba)
it would be great if a pelagian rebreather diver could tell us if it works good and if these injections are not bad for the sensors.
The instant validation works very well indeed. The way this operates is that you exhale out of the loop and then make your next inhalation long and slow which triggers the ADV. The displays respond very quickly and as well as validating the PO2 of the diluent at your known depth it gives you an opportunity to assess how quickly (or not) each cell responds to the change in PO2. This is certainly a much faster way to validate your cells than loop flushing and it uses a lot less diluent. As a result I would routinely do a cell validation at least two or three times during a dive. It has my vote and was a major factor in choosing the Pelagian.
Virtually the same procedure allows you to blow diluent obliquely across the face of the cells to clear them of condensation. The only difference is that this requires a more rapid inhalation to trigger the ADV and pull diluent into the head fast so as to blow moisture off the cell membrane. It is more difficult for me to assess how effective this is. I cannot say for sure that I have had any cell anomoly which was obviously caused by moisture. However, I certainly have not had any cell problems caused by using this feature of the Pelagian.