Northwest Dive Club

there also seems some dispute on length of time to leave fully charged (air quality, versus corrosion).

I've got an outside shed, but we keep the generator and rototiller in there as well. But I do have an inside place to store them, I'll just use that.

what about environmental? (temperature, gas or oil fumes, etc)?

I can store in my temperature controlled machine shop, but they'll be exposed to some gas fumes, and oil fumes.

Maybe best just in the house somewhere?

What are the do's and don'ts of tank storage.

thx!

Nope. I thought I was told it was the old power house. Its way too big for an old lodge that was burned down anyways. Whats there is pretty big.

doesnt show on google earth. Looking at history, there was no other dam, so it must have beenthe power house I was thinking of. I know its there, as I've seen it on clear days, and an old time resident of the area told me about it. But I suspect its too deep.

Now that I'm thinking about it, I cant recall it its the old dam, or the old power station they flooded over. But in either case, towards the north it is. Lemme see if google earth can spot it.

If the star trek guys go after whales, why wouldnt aliens?

I was just thinking about this as well, as my South Pacfic trip the water was about 77d, and to me just alittle cold with just shorts and a rash shirt. Not so bad when the air temp was mid to upper 80's. Most divers had shorties on, but when it cooled off abit in Rarotonga, those folks got kinda chi...

I envisioned that if I travel to warmer waters, to just bring a shorty wetsuit with me. Cooler waters, my shell drysuit only, and colder waters the whole thing (shell and insulation).

I live in Puyallup, but also a new diver (well sort of). I get my OW Oct7-9th. Feel free to hit me up after that.

I have no idea the depth, but has anyone ever done it? (or is too deep?)

In case you dont know what I refer too, there was an original Lake Cushman Dam that's under the lake. You can see it from the air.

I have both a quad, and dirtbike, so can get up to some pretty cool lakes.

Did you dive with a wetsuit then I take it?

While I appreciate the dont buy the best now, so has my local motorcycle dealers, car dealers, and other shops as well :) Too often I've compromised, and wind up with it, or close to it in the end anyways. Buying a better drysuit, regs,etc wont kill you like jumping first bike on a yammie R1,or big ...

Dry Suit -- I am pretty impressed with the new(ish) Scubapro full neoprene Dry Suits -- $1000 for the Suit and Undergarment. It seems to me that you can get one, dive it for a couple of years and then be able to sell it for several hundred ($500?) and the money would be very well spent. IF that wor...

Anybody wanna split a 66pd order?

unfortunately, my new is suit will be significantly more than 600$

Unless somehow fates smile and I find a used Whites Fusion Bullet for sale used.

thank you for reminding me how old I am... Although I dont think that is quite accurate, as I would only have been 5 years old when the last episode aired, and I know I watched many episodes of it. Since I have but few memories of that young, I think it was on longer than that, in re-runs or somethi...

thx folks, pretty much the answer I was expecting... I'm in contact with a board member on their dry suit right now.

I'm trying to decide whether to get a wetsuit to get by for awhile, or not waste the money, and just into hock and get a dry suit. Its been so long since I dived (and there were no dry suits back then) I just dont remember what it was like in a wetsuit in frigid waters. Is a wetsuit really that bad ...

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Jim (ex-USAF, recently retransplanted to the Tacoma area, novice diver)

Puyallup. Lemme fix my profile.

thx everyone, sorry for the belated reply. I was fortunate to get hooked with a guy on another board, as he dropped by a bunch of stuff for me to try for awhile. Sadly he has a some service related issues forcing him out of diving (Agent Orange-heart issues), so we're working out a trade. (Zeagle ZX...

Hi Everyone. Was pointed to this board by a current member. Haven't been wet (until just recently) in over 30 years. Decided to get a bunch of snorkeling equipment for a Tahiti/Rarotonga trip we recently took (August). The first day in the water was odd, but by the end of trip I was right back at ho...