<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Hi Hank,<div><br></div><div>Nope, no CO2 meter because we all have one of those built in! And yes Keith, OP valve should save the viewports, but the altimeter is way more sensitive so gives earlier warning. One of the problems with blowing out viewports is you don’t really know at what pressure that would occur, since all the calculations are for external pressure. I’ve got a big dome up front, and just a fraction of a psi translates to pretty considerable forces over an area like that.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Alec<br><br><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 16, 2020, at 7:13 PM, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="ydp634227c3yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div></div>
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<div><div id="yiv0829777916"><div>Alec,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for the clarification!! </div><div><br></div><div>Isn't an overpressure valve supposed to keep the ports from blowing out?</div><div><br></div><div>Keith T.</div><div><br></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000;"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Alec Smyth via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> </div><div>Date: 7/16/20 2:08 PM (GMT-08:00) </div><div>To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> </div><div>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Backup CO2 Meter </div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr">OK, I should clarify that... I don't use an altimeter for measuring CO2 directly. Here's what I do:<div><br></div><div>The scrubber runs continuously. As it does so, CO2 is taken out of the cabin atmosphere. This reduces the cabin pressure. The O2 bleed also runs continuously. This adds to cabin pressure.</div><div>What an altimeter will show is whether the cabin pressure is increasing or decreasing. If it is increasing, that means your O2 bleed exceeds the CO2 absorption, so you should reduce the O2 bleed rate. Conversely, if the pressure is falling you need to increase the O2 bleed. BTW it is unrelated to life support, but an altimeter also helps insure against blowing out your viewports due to internal pressure. </div><div><br></div><div> Even for a small sub like a K250, this is a slow-mo process that does not require you to adjust the bleed rate more than about once every 20 or 30 minutes. If it were something that required constant adjustment, I'd automate it with electronics or with a mechanical system such as Phil Nyutten's bellows-add mechanism. But for me, the simplicity of a manual bleed is more valuable than automating a process that is not taxing.</div><div><br></div><div>What could throw off the method is an accidental slow leak of HP air or O2 into the cabin. Let's say you had an accidental release of air. It would lead you to add too little O2, so O2 concentration would fall. Or if the leak were of O2, that would lead O2 concentrations to be too high. For that reason, you need to have an O2 monitor with high and low alarms. Low O2 is a serious problem because you can pass out unexpectedly. High O2 is also bad, because the cabin atmosphere would become combustible. </div><div><br></div><div>Another problem would be if the scrubber failed. That would lead to excessive CO2. But this is way less worrying than high or low O2, because the human body has a built-in CO2 sensor. When air feels stale, it is not low O2 we are detecting, it is high CO2. This means a high CO2 condition does not creep up and surprise you. Kittredge originally didn't have any life support at all, because the Navy subs he served on didn't have it either. I dove Snoopy many times before adding life support. The air only became noticeably stale after over an hour, and at that time I would use Kittredge's method of surfacing and opening the hatch. </div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Alec</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="yiv0829777916gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="yiv0829777916gmail_attr">On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 4:39 PM k6fee via Personal_Submersibles <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="yiv0829777916gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;"><div>How do you use an altimeter to determine CO2 levels???<div><br></div><div>Keith T.</div><div><br></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:rgb(0,0,0);"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> </div><div>Date: 7/16/20 10:55 AM (GMT-08:00) </div><div>To: James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> </div><div>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Backup CO2 Meter </div><div><br></div></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div></div>
<div dir="ltr">James, your altimeter-if you have one, is your back up. I know Alec only uses an altimeter for CO2 reading. David Columbo and I am several dives with just the Altimeter and O2 readings in Montana last summer. </div><div dir="ltr">Hank</div><div><br></div>
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On Thursday, July 16, 2020, 9:58:33 AM MDT, James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:
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On Thursday, July 16, 2020, 09:36:15 AM EDT, James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:
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On Thursday, July 16, 2020, 1:48:45 AM MDT, James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:
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<div><div id="yiv0829777916gmail-m_8026743032670871045yiv3425398211gmail-m_1779649134818831060ydp27c27efeyiv7037876668gmail-m_-2055626464804772596yiv2557947593"><div>Hi Jon.<div>Looking for a complete unit.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">On Wednesday, 15 July 2020, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><div id="yiv0829777916gmail-m_8026743032670871045yiv3425398211gmail-m_1779649134818831060ydp27c27efeyiv7037876668gmail-m_-2055626464804772596yiv2557947593yqt47305"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;"><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><font size="2"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">These guys are good</font></font><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><br clear="none"></font></div><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.co2meter.com/collections/products">https://www.co2meter.com/ collections/products</a></font></div><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><br clear="none"></font></div><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Brian</font></div><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><br clear="none"></font></div><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><br clear="none"></font><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="2"><br clear="none"></font></div><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="2"><br clear="none"></font><br clear="none"><span style="font-size:10pt;">--- <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs. org</a> wrote:</span><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><span style="font-size:10pt;">From: Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs. org</a>></span><br clear="none"><span style="font-size:10pt;">To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs. org</a>></span><br clear="none"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Backup CO2 Meter</span><br clear="none"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2020 18:34:52 +0000 (UTC)</span><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div style="font-size:16px;font-family:serif;"><div></div>
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<div><div><div dir="ltr">Hi All,<div><br clear="none"></div><div>Im going to get another CO2 monitor, as a backup. I have decent, properly calibrated one, so i dont want to break the bank with this one.</div><div><br clear="none">Anyone got any ideas for a reasonably priced backup? It needs to go up to at least 1% really.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>What are other people using?</div><div>Thanks</div><div>james<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>
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