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netmage · 23rd November 2007, 22:09

In his discussions (multiple times over the weekend) Brett Hemphill was quite adamant on the value of the BOV for the instantaneous ability to get off the loop.

I think a significant part of the 'con' argument presented by the panel 'should' be a non-issue in practical application. The argument was against having a BOV because on-board gas provides relatively little 'bailout' opportunity.... Perhaps I'm being naive, I would assume a BOV should be plumbed to Off-board gas? Of course everyone's failure example is at 300' or 6000' feet back in a cave.... where on-board gas supplies may litterally only provide one or two 'sanity breaths'....

-Tim

23rd November 2007, 22:09	#2 (permalink)
netmage Tim Owens Current Rebreather/s: Megalodon Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coconut Creek, FL Posts: 520	Re: CCR Cave Summit - NACD In his discussions (multiple times over the weekend) Brett Hemphill was quite adamant on the value of the BOV for the instantaneous ability to get off the loop. I think a significant part of the 'con' argument presented by the panel 'should' be a non-issue in practical application. The argument was against having a BOV because on-board gas provides relatively little 'bailout' opportunity.... Perhaps I'm being naive, I would assume a BOV should be plumbed to Off-board gas? Of course everyone's failure example is at 300' or 6000' feet back in a cave.... where on-board gas supplies may litterally only provide one or two 'sanity breaths'.... -Tim
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