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LaBomba182 November 6th 03 12:13 AM

Cheap And Nasty Snorkel extension
 
Subject: Cheap And Nasty Snorkel extension
From: "Don White"


I've wondered about the small bottles of compressed air complete with a
mouthpiece that emergency crews might carry.
Not sure if they are for 'fire' use or to revive a patient.
Could they be used for Lloyd's application?


Perhaps, but there are so expensive (about $200
http://www.scubatoys.com/store/detai...eferer=CHEAP01)
and they hold so little gas that you would be better off getting a "real" scuba
rig.

Capt. Bill

Don White November 6th 03 03:52 AM

Cheap And Nasty Snorkel extension
 
Wow! Is that 200 'merican dollars??
Probably not a big deal to Lloyd but a bit much for a poor Maritimer :-)

LaBomba182 wrote in message
...

Perhaps, but there are so expensive (about $200

http://www.scubatoys.com/store/detai...referer=CHEAP0
1)
and they hold so little gas that you would be better off getting a "real"

scuba
rig.

Capt. Bill




Don White November 6th 03 03:52 AM

Cheap And Nasty Snorkel extension
 
Wow! Is that 200 'merican dollars??
Probably not a big deal to Lloyd but a bit much for a poor Maritimer :-)

LaBomba182 wrote in message
...

Perhaps, but there are so expensive (about $200

http://www.scubatoys.com/store/detai...referer=CHEAP0
1)
and they hold so little gas that you would be better off getting a "real"

scuba
rig.

Capt. Bill




Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen November 6th 03 11:26 AM

Cheap And Nasty Snorkel extension
 
"L" == LaBomba182 writes:

Subject: Cheap And Nasty Snorkel extension
From: Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen


"GA" == Glenn Ashmore writes:


GA It would be extremely dificult if not impossible to breath through
a

GA hose at surface pressure if your lungs get more than 2 or 3 feet
under

GA water. The difference at 3' is only about 1.5 pounds per square inch
GA but the water is pressing on a couple thousand square inches of
lung

GA surface.

The real problem is the "dead volume" in your snorkel. You will be
inhaling your own breath over and over again.


L No, the real problem is just as Glenn has stated.

L Capt. Bill

Maybe. People have tried longer snorkels before and died from it.
That's a real problem in my book.

--
Strange attractors stole my wife

Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen November 6th 03 11:26 AM

Cheap And Nasty Snorkel extension
 
"L" == LaBomba182 writes:

Subject: Cheap And Nasty Snorkel extension
From: Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen


"GA" == Glenn Ashmore writes:


GA It would be extremely dificult if not impossible to breath through
a

GA hose at surface pressure if your lungs get more than 2 or 3 feet
under

GA water. The difference at 3' is only about 1.5 pounds per square inch
GA but the water is pressing on a couple thousand square inches of
lung

GA surface.

The real problem is the "dead volume" in your snorkel. You will be
inhaling your own breath over and over again.


L No, the real problem is just as Glenn has stated.

L Capt. Bill

Maybe. People have tried longer snorkels before and died from it.
That's a real problem in my book.

--
Strange attractors stole my wife


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