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gathan · 28th February 2007, 12:15

Quote: (Originally Posted by Mark Chase)

On a CCR, what ever diluient you use, be it Air or Heleox (Or even pure Helium but that wouldent be very clever) needs a bottle of pure 02 or near pure 02 straped on the other side to make it work. The 02 has to be replaced as your body uses it up.

ATB

Mark Chase

Actually Mark,

Pure helium is used as a diluent on the Canadian CUMA rebreather (also see Carleton Viper) and it is a pretty cool unit

. Mind you this particular Rebreather functions quite differently than your typical CCR/SCR. We've done some experimental dives using N2He mixtures as diluent last year and hope to do some more in the near future.

Andre

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gathan MixedGas Current Rebreather/s: Classic Kiss Other SCR Other Rebreather/s: Other SCR Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Tottenham, Ontario, Canada Posts: 194	Re: Rebreather that uses standard air? Quote: (Originally Posted by Mark Chase) On a CCR, what ever diluient you use, be it Air or Heleox (Or even pure Helium but that wouldent be very clever) needs a bottle of pure 02 or near pure 02 straped on the other side to make it work. The 02 has to be replaced as your body uses it up. ATB Mark Chase Actually Mark, Pure helium is used as a diluent on the Canadian CUMA rebreather (also see Carleton Viper) and it is a pretty cool unit . Mind you this particular Rebreather functions quite differently than your typical CCR/SCR. We've done some experimental dives using N2He mixtures as diluent last year and hope to do some more in the near future. Andre Last edited by gathan : 28th February 2007 at 12:21.
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