Controller / Dive Sorb

[Yves]

Hello,
I am a beginning Azimuth Semi closed diver, with only 5 dives on the Azimuth
I have some questions for people with more experience.
Which controller do you use and how is your assembling ?
When the Dive Sorb is used for a short period are you letting it in the canister for using it one week later.

Regards Yves

[AMW]

Yves

Firstly I have no real experience of the Azimuth only the Dolphin and the KISS but on snof it is best to store it in an air tight container if partially used. Or if you are diving within a few hours just check the scrubber for water ingress. It is never worth taking any chances as snof is very cheap compared to a life.

On Controller, I am not sure what you mean by this? the oxygen monitoring?

It may be worth looking at RB world as they have a dedicated SCR section:

Rebreather World - Rebreathers for Scuba Diving - the next step

Andrew

[Yves]

Originally Posted by AMW

Yves

On Controller, I am not sure what you mean by this? the oxygen monitoring?

Andrew

yes I mean the oxygen monitoring

[AMW]

Many ways of doing it, although the simplest would be a Drager Dolphin Oxygauge, as a check.

Andrew.

[Simon TW]

Hi Yves, welcome to YD.

I think that it would be fair to say that there aren't to many divers on the Azimuth and I would guess that there are even fewer on this forum.

Have you done a course on this unit? If so which instructor did you do your course with?

Are these questions not ones that you should be asking your instructor?

YD is a great place and everyone will try and help you as much as possible but I wouldn't offer you any advice on a unit which I have not got experience.

[AMW]

any advice on a unit which I have not got experience.

A lot of divers chose to train them selves so no instructor, On the basics of RB,s they have lots of common factors snof handling being one.

On questions Yves RB world is the best site as a lot of self trained home builders are there. No judgement just helpful answers.

Andrew.

[Simon TW]

Originally Posted by AMW

A lot of divers chose to train them selves so no instructor, On the basics of RB,s they have lots of common factors snof handling being one.

On questions Yves RB world is the best site as a lot of self trained home builders are there. No judgement just helpful answers.

Andrew.

Do you know Yves? do you know if he's self trained?


I'm not being judgemental I'm being cautious about offering advice on something that I know nothing about.

[AMW]

Do you know Yves? do you know if he's self trained?

How an earth did you take it from my reply that I thought he was self trained? I was replying to YOU that he may not have had a trainer too talk to I am not blessed with second sight so I do not know.

A lot of divers chose to train them selves so no instructor

I made a general comment as above. I am sorry if that was not clear.

Andrew.

[Simon TW]

Andrew, I've sent you a PM.

[DALESDIVER]

As an Azimuth instructor..

Sorb, if diving same day/next day and the duration you have used for the scrubber leaves sufficient for the planned dive and depth, remembering that you should be diving shallower on the 2nd half of the scrubber fine, otherwise bin it.... If your first dive was in the 40m range then bin it..

As for oxygen monitoring, I would suggest extra p ports and run 2 or 3 cells into a submatix oxymeter and a vr3/2 type computer..

You need monitoring so that you can set your flow rate correctly if the suggested flow rate is too high/low

Andy Hayhurst
PSAI Instructor Trainer Examiner 15