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Old 11-02-2007, 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by lineslinger
So Joey,
At 26 fathoms are you sucking air or is the ambient pressure in your helmet/suit? forcing it in?
at depth we are using what is known as a "supercharger" pressurizing the air to 150psi above bottom pressure. if we are "sucking" air ....we have bigger problems only time we are "normally aspirated" is on the surface where we open up our lungs and let the ambient pressure fill them up..
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