[PSUBS-MAILIST] Commercial Grade O2 vs. Medical

[Alan via Personal_Submersibles]

Brian, 
here is a link with some info.
https://www.padi.com/padi-courses/emergency-oxygen-provider
The best way about it is to enquire at your local dive shop as they will 
probably run a course if they have a few interested people.
Alan


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> On 4/01/2018, at 1:04 PM, Alan via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
> 
> Brian,
> I did an Emergency O2 providers course at a dive shop that sold O2.
> Now have a card with my face on it.
> I don't know if there are any regulations, but I get on well with the manager
> & this is what he was happy with me doing before he would fill O2.
> This was the easiest option, cheap & Only a couple of nights. 
> I think if I went to any dive shop in the World & pulled out my Padi O2 card
> they would be happy to fill. Also we are carrying O2 so are able to provide it
> in a diving emergency, so thats an advantage to divers.
> Medical O2 providers may also be convinced to fill for you if you have the card.
> The other option for me was to do a mixed gas diving course which is much
> more expensive & intense.
> Cheers Alan
>  
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On 4/01/2018, at 12:16 PM, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Alan,           What's involved with getting a O2 cert for administering O2 ?
>>  
>> Brian
>> 
>> --- personal_submersibles at psubs.org wrote:
>> 
>> From: Alan via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>> To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Commercial Grade O2 vs. Medical
>> Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2018 11:21:46 +1300
>> 
>> Steve,
>> not the most experienced but this is what I'm doing.
>> I have 2 steel O2 cleaned tanks. ( 2 tanks as per GL for redundancy)
>> I have O2 cleaned scuba regulators & get my tanks filled at a dive shop.
>> Had to have an emergency O2 provider cert first.
>> I believe Nuytco were using composite tanks at one stage.
>> O2 tank options & fitting options here. (EMT medical)
>> http://www.emtmedicalco.com/OXYGEN-CYLINDERS-ALUMINUM-STEEL-COMPOSITE_c64.htm
>> You will need a tank fitting suitable for where you intend filling i.e. dive shop
>> or medical O2 supplier. Then you will need a compatible regulator . If you were 
>> heading across country for a few dives maybe have interchangeable fittings or 
>> spare tanks with different fittings if you need to switch between medical & dive
>> suppliers. ( I haven't heard this discussed before) 
>> I have heard people say that medical & commercial O2 tank swap people don't
>> like the idea of their tanks going under the water. They also may require some
>> sort of certificate from you before they fill.
>> Have read of deaths from people using commercial rather than medical O2, but
>> this would be 100% O2 inhaled straight in to the lungs.
>> Phil offered to sell his O2 add system to Psubbers.
>> I am using a paediatric flow meter set at a minimal flow & are topping up via
>> 3 x O2 sensors wired to my PLC & operating a solenoid valve on the low pressure 
>> O2 line. The PLC will be comparing the 3 readings & going with the average of
>> the 2 readings closest to each other. The PLC will notify me when the range of
>> one O2 sensor is out relative to the other 2 or the reading of the nearest 2 differ 
>> by a certain amount & may need replacing. I think the life of a sensor is only
>> a year or so depending on the heat it is stored at. Being a small one person sub
>> I need to be a lot more careful as the O2 % can change a lot more quickly.
>> Cheers Alan
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
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>> On 4/01/2018, at 7:10 AM, Steve McQueen via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I tried to search the archives but it wasn't very friendly.  Sorry to again ask about something I know has probably been discussed.
>> 
>> I wanted to double ck. my O2 strategy.  After some investigation it seems I will buy a new steel high pressure oxygen tank for external mounting. My plan is to have it refilled with "commercial grade" O2 vs. medical grade 02.  As long as I keep my "personal" tank and not allow the filler to swap tanks I should create a "chain of custody" that will help me feel good about not having contamination.
>> 
>> I am wondering how others are managing.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Steve
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