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What I've wondered, is how do you get your tanks filled at shops after you've done the VIP? Why should they believe you? How are they going to know you know what you are doing? You are given a certification and inspectors number that is recognized buy the DOT that you have to put on each VIP decal ...

for the cost of a HOG and since it sounds like you are happy with them I would just get a some more to use on your stage bottles. Take a equipment class you will be surprised at just how easy rebuilding regulators is. Tools will cost you less than $200 from Scuba Tools, you can get a parts cleaner f...

spatman wrote:You're killing me selling off all this great gear I can't afford!

I am sure John will do credit for you

The link Spatman put in is a link to a thread about Copper Bell Mine above Reider Pit here in Washington. The road is still open and yes you need a good 4x4 or quads.

sounds like it has come off the gimbal pin. if you bang them around hard that will happen. You can try to take it apart and put it back on and refill it. More than likely the socket is going to be cracked or have a piece broken off of it so may not be fixable.

Pinnacle makes some good suits that you can get pockets on in 3,5,7 mm.

Cool

Some friends and myself have had issues before. Sometimes the cathador will hold the urethra open so water can get in is what we have had happen. Glad to here you have not had that unpleasantness yet.

Just take off both check valves, they cause more hassles than good IMHO. That's the plan. I don't ever want to experience that again. The "in rush" of cold water is not bad honestly. I have found the straight tube stays clean without any hassles at all. Esp. if you open it near the end of...

Jeff Pack wrote:normoxic mixes are mod 3 arent they? I'm doing Mod1 w/trimix in a few weeks, already did mod 1 on my GEM with trimix.

No - Mod1 - 21%-100%, Mode2, Normoxic - 16%-21%, Mode3, Hypoxic - 16% and down.

Jeff Pack wrote:I'm not trained for normoxic mixes yet...

I know you need to work on that.

Jeff Pack wrote:

loanwolf wrote:
Why 19/23 for the CCR?

good question, I dunno, came with 19's,and got a set of 23's for a second set of tanks. I've always thought those were a pretty standard size for CCR tanks?

I misunderstood your answer. I though you were going to be mixing 19/23 for your CCR.

You would be better off just Partial Pressure mixing especially for Trimix. You are going to eventually go full CCR right? It is better to mix up a large quantity and boost your small bottles from their. Sticks are not accurate enough when you are trying to fill small CCR tanks. It is just far easi...

You would be better off just Partial Pressure mixing especially for Trimix. You are going to eventually go full CCR right? It is better to mix up a large quantity and boost your small bottles from their. Sticks are not accurate enough when you are trying to fill small CCR tanks. It is just far easie...

Jeff what kind of fill station are you trying to build? it does not take anything at all to set one up.

Greg

Great find you guys. Hard to say what it there? At least the foundations should be there but who knows.

Not trying to hijack but someone in the thread that was linked above mentioned a rotor current...What is that? I have never heard of a rotor current before. Thanks The prevailing current is a south current. So when it stakes up on the north side of the jetty and the beach you get a huge rip current...

Cory here is some posts I put up a while ago for scooter dives. http://www.nwdiveclub.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=9340&p=110319&hilit=westport#p110319 That area is the Grave Yard of the Pacific, 100's of wrecks. If you still have your sidescan from the boat a few boats ago you can find them...

Jeff is this with OC or the Gem? With my GEM, I gave up OC and am switching to SCR and CCR. SCR and CCR is much more weight sensitive than OC. So if you loose or gain weight things are going to change. remember you have a sweet spot in loop volume that you want to try to stay in for the best WOB. E...

Jeff is this with OC or the Gem?

It is open to boaters, the boat launch is the old road on the west side. Long ways to tow a boat and kind of out now that winter has hit.

Hard to say what is down their. the current USGS maps do not show it. Best to get a hold of the USGS and get a hold of a pre 1960 map that shows the roads and town. May make a good scooter run and follow the road down. Better to know the layout first buy getting a hold of the old map.

Check and see who is doing the Fire Extinguisher Service for the company you work at. With most of them they will pick the tanks up at your work and take them for hydro and VIP if it fits their service techs schedule.

I know it is a big area. I work in Yakima, and live N of Spokane, so I cover a lot of the state. I will look into those two places. I offered the guy $100 for all 8 tanks and associated pieces and I will be picking them up in the morning. I hope you drive something that really gets good mileage :ne...

I know it is a big area. I work in Yakima, and live N of Spokane, so I cover a lot of the state. I will look into those two places. I offered the guy $100 for all 8 tanks and associated pieces and I will be picking them up in the morning. I hope you drive something that really gets good mileage :ne...

A guy bough a closed building that use to have an "outdoor" store in it. He has some odds and ends laying around there including some scuba stuff most of which was junk. One thing he did have for sale is 8 AL 80 tanks. About half had the valves out but were there. I looked inside 2 of the...