Quote: (Originally Posted by Johnny Christensen)
My personal beliefs :
I carry enough to get myself out of the water plus a small reserve. That is based on that there has to be several things going wrong, before going completly open circuit all the way up.
Is this
really true? Wouldn't a simple leaking loop force you to go OC? I was under the impression that virtually every system are quite prone to have a single failure point. I don't know if this is true but more interesting is if most CCR divers rely on the fact that the might recover from Rebreather malfunction and thus reducing the bailout gas?
Quote: (Originally Posted by Johnny Christensen)
...start SCR while you get your butt up to deco depths. If that is not sufficient, go completly OC via BOV.
Ok, but you base your bailout on OC consumption right?
Quote: (Originally Posted by Johnny Christensen)
If I should carry enough OC gas to get myself AND a buddy out of the water on OC all the way. The size of the tanks I need to carry, would be increasing the drag and equipment load, thereby making it more likely to run into a problem.
Agree that you would increase the task loading if not used to it but the problem would different in nature from not having enough gas.
Quote: (Originally Posted by Johnny Christensen)
Yes it would be nice and so much more safer / comforting to have unlimited OC gas supply for every man underwater. But there is a limit to how much I will be willing to carry on my person.
Regards
Johnny
Agree that in some situations it would be almoast imopssible to carry this gas thus having to depend more on a strong surface suport.
Take care
Richard Lundgren