It’s come to my attention lately that there seems to be some confusion about the layout of some drysuit ring systems. It may be that the instructions are nonexistent, confusing, or you just plain can’t find any information from the standard ...
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Maintaining Your Desco Air Hat
If you dive in wondrous places like sewer treatment facilities, nuclear power - plants, cement plants, or other challenging environments, then you’re probably familiar with the Desco Air Hat. This month, I thought that we’d take a look at this tried ...
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Full Face Masks
Full-face masks. Some of us have been using them for years for bridge and tank inspections. Others have just started looking at this option as an alternative to breaking out surface-supply gear for subsurface work. Full-face masks (FFM) have been ...
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Equipment Maintenance and You
It’s a cool day in February. An experienced commercial diver climbed down a ladder off a pier in Camden, N.J.. He was dressed out in a heated dive suit and diving helmet to chip away at underwater piles of cement using a jackhammer. He was wearing 40 ...
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