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| Closed Circuit Rebreathers: Discuss Reducing the cost of Sorb in the Rebreathers - General Information forums: A week or so ago I was thinking about the cost of Sorb. Had some diving coming up where I ... |
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| Nice April Fool Seriously though, a friend of mine was taught to empty out his sorb, throw half away, and then add half fresh sorb. After his buddy very luckily survived a CO2 hit, and the subsequent HSE investigation (he was "at work") they both re-did their MOD 1's with a different instructor. Janos PS - I just cap the scrubber with my Narked at 90 scrubber capper and I'm happy leaving it for a couple of weeks. (Although he seems to be updating his website at the mo.)
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| Given the cost of the kit and the training, dive boats and any accommodation, why all the effort to save the cost of some sorb? Does it really cost that much? I was under the impression that a fill was around £6. So you a talking about trying to save £3? The price of a pint in many places. Is the sand completely dry? Usually it is damp - could this interfere with gas flow etc? Adrian (RB know nothing)
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| There was a 1/2 fill adapter for the Dolphing, but I would not have felt comfortable doing half the time on it. I too have a scrubber cap from John. Fitted it last night after yesterdays dive. As Adrian said - is it really worth the risk? Get a proper sealing plate and plug the scubber -then you can dry and clean the rest of the unit. Paul
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| Who was the Instructor............ is he still teaching this stupid practise.?????????? |
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The polystrene balls thing I presume is another April Fool. But just in case this turns in to a Lazarus thread and someone takes it seriously, there is a risk that you have a channel of sand or polystrene balls up one side of the scrubber, allowing CO2 to bypass all the lime and kill you. Janos PS - IIRC the half-fill adaptor for the Draeger gave you less than half the dive time.
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