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Zak - 30 Jul 2003 11:06 GMT

So erm, who was that mysterious inspiration diver.....sat on the deco bar
with a continuous high pitched bleeping noise going off.

I hadnt realised that it was taught that you should grip the buzzer with
your hand to try to shut it up ;)

PS. if you bribe me with hob knobs, I won't mention the four letters on your
shell, shovel boy <grins>

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rich - 30 Jul 2003 11:12 GMT

>PS. if you bribe me with hob knobs, I won't mention the four letters on your
>shell, shovel boy <grins>

I think that I probably know this one... so, upgrade Zak's order to
Abbey Crunch, and I'll take some too ;-)

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Google News - 30 Jul 2003 11:22 GMT

> So erm, who was that mysterious inspiration diver.....sat on the deco bar
> with a continuous high pitched bleeping noise going off.
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> PS. if you bribe me with hob knobs, I won't mention the four letters on your
> shell, shovel boy <grins>

So, the person was sat on deco bar, on way up, with an alarm going off.
If the alarm is going off the best thing to be doing is heading up and
if you are managing the situation there is no reason not to do your
stops. That alarm is bloody loud next to your ear so trying to shut it
up while you are dealing with the problem doesn't seem to be an issue.

What exactly were they doing wrong in your opinion?
Neil (Who has an inspiration, and a shovel but no letters on unit)

P.S. Reading this back it appears I am being stroppy, I am not, I just
don't want people to think that the mystery diver was doing anything
wrong.

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Lazarus X - 30 Jul 2003 22:16 GMT

>> So erm, who was that mysterious inspiration diver.....sat on the deco bar
>> with a continuous high pitched bleeping noise going off.
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>What exactly were they doing wrong in your opinion?
>Neil (Who has an inspiration, and a shovel but no letters on unit)

I couldn't agree more.

Laz

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Frank Bruce - 30 Jul 2003 22:44 GMT

> >So, the person was sat on deco bar, on way up, with an alarm going off.
> >If the alarm is going off the best thing to be doing is heading up and
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>
> Laz

<lobbing hand grenade in>
I have a question - errm if you were managing it why was the alarm going off
?
When mine turned into a Kiss with no flow control :-) I used my hands to
open and close the O2 valve and look at my handsets, not cover the
alarm.....
<prepares flame proof pants>

Glad you're okay mind - I traced my problem to overgreasing the O2 hose
o-ring - the injector needs to remain absolutely dry, no grease at all - I
think Gordon pointed that little gem out to me a few years ago now - only
fix - o2 clean the solenoid or send it back to AP to get them to do it.

Best

/FAB

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Lazarus X - 30 Jul 2003 23:11 GMT

>> >So, the person was sat on deco bar, on way up, with an alarm going off.
>> >If the alarm is going off the best thing to be doing is heading up and
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>> >What exactly were they doing wrong in your opinion?
>> >Neil (Who has an inspiration, and a shovel but no letters on unit)

Note to all that took this seriously. I wish you could have read the
thread side by side with my inbox ;-)

>> I couldn't agree more.
>>
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>I have a question - errm if you were managing it why was the alarm going off
>?

It wasn't me (not that it matters) but I was two feet away so this is
what happened.

It was an intermittent cell warning that started 80 minutes in and
then continued off and on for the rest of the dive. Nothing could be
done about it apart from replacing the cell. The cell has been back
to APD and no fault has been found so it is kind of being sorted. The
trouble is at the time, the problem had been identified and was being
managed but we had still got 30 mins of hang time left. I think two
kisses and another Inspiration was too much for my buddy so he tried
to preserve his dignity, quite poorly as it happens ;-)

>When mine turned into a Kiss with no flow control :-) I used my hands to
>open and close the O2 valve and look at my handsets, not cover the
>alarm.....
><prepares flame proof pants>

I am sure I don't need to point out that you can manage a situation
but you may still hear the buzzer.

>Glad you're okay mind - I traced my problem to overgreasing the O2 hose
>o-ring - the injector needs to remain absolutely dry, no grease at all - I
>think Gordon pointed that little gem out to me a few years ago now - only
>fix - o2 clean the solenoid or send it back to AP to get them to do it.

There was never any danger, more of an annoyance really, it is one of
those intermittent problems the just won't go away. These day we have
a singnal/body posture for "don't worry it's that effing cell again"
;-)

Laz

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Zak - 30 Jul 2003 23:35 GMT

> There was never any danger, more of an annoyance really, it is one of
> those intermittent problems the just won't go away. These day we have
> a singnal/body posture for "don't worry it's that effing cell again"
> ;-)
>
> Laz

If its any consolation... I have one cell that always tracks slowly..... I
just refer to it as the BSAC cell... its a bit slow but given enough time
it'll catch up ;)

(sod the flame proof suit, its BBQ season)

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Lazarus X - 31 Jul 2003 00:11 GMT

>> There was never any danger, more of an annoyance really, it is one of
>> those intermittent problems the just won't go away. These day we have
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>just refer to it as the BSAC cell... its a bit slow but given enough time
>it'll catch up ;)

We call it, ahem, cell 2 ;-)

Laz

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Alasdair Allan - 31 Jul 2003 00:23 GMT

> We call it, ahem, cell 2 ;-)

I am not a number, I am a free cell...

Err, forget I mentioned it...

Al.

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Pete S. - 31 Jul 2003 09:32 GMT

>> We call it, ahem, cell 2 ;-)
>
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>
>Al.

What, as in "you are number 6, I am number 2".

Pete S.

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Cliff Coggin - 31 Jul 2003 19:21 GMT

> What, as in "you are number 6, I am number 2".

From which I deduce you are at least 40 years old and used to be a
television addict. Time to send out the balloons!

Cliff.

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Pete S. - 30 Jul 2003 16:28 GMT

>So erm, who was that mysterious inspiration diver.....sat on the deco bar
>with a continuous high pitched bleeping noise going off.
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>PS. if you bribe me with hob knobs, I won't mention the four letters on your
>shell, shovel boy <grins>

Hmmmm, now let me think, there are only 18 shovels in the world, two
of those are in the states, three are on my unit, doesn't leave many
options does it. Is there anything anyone ought to report to the DO?

Pete S.

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Zak - 30 Jul 2003 17:03 GMT

> Hmmmm, now let me think, there are only 18 shovels in the world, two
> of those are in the states, three are on my unit, doesn't leave many
> options does it. Is there anything anyone ought to report to the DO?
>
> Pete S.

Docile officer? Delinquent officer?

<grins> DO's are like mushrooms......

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