<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Carsten,</div><div>Your friends in Hamburg wouldn't be happy with the get wet solution.</div><div>As an after thought on my ambient, I put a AOP valve above my</div><div>head & through the dome. It works the opposite way round, so that if</div><div>I dive too quick & the hull doesn't equalise, I get water on my head.</div><div>The hull is equalised with divers regulators so better to get wet</div><div>than the regulator diaphragm rupturing. The manual operation of the</div><div>AOP let's me flood up to the top of the dome in an emergency exit,</div><div>as there may be too much force on the latches to open them with</div><div>air in the dome. </div><div>Alan</div><div><br></div><div><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On 13/12/2013, at 7:33 AM, " " <<a href="mailto:MerlinSub@t-online.de">MerlinSub@t-online.de</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div><span><em>If you have an over-pressure valve handle obstructing
the Alan</em></span></div>
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of the hatch latch handle, it would need to be</em></span></div>
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loaded or you would create the problem of the possibility</em></span></div>
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the valve open later on.<br></em><br><br>Yes, and if you dive with a open valve
you get wet<br>learn to close it and learn to read you "pre-dive" checklist.
<br><br>:-O <br><br>SL not required an blocking mechanism on the
hatch - just an <br>simple spring loaded automatic overpressure valve.
<br>Because of the automatic there is no need to block the hatch. <br>The air
sound of the working valve is a clear signal not to open the hatch.<br>The
function of the valve should be anyway mention in the written manual.
<br><br>very best regards<br><br>Carsten<br></span></div></div>
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