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Re: don't rebreathe from balloons.
By:topher
Date: 6/17/2003, 3:25 pm
In Response To: Re: don't rebreathe from balloons. (Chip Sandresky)

: Good point. I just used a grocery bag to test it out. My lungs started to
: tell me when the oxygen content was too low - which I expected. I started
: to feel a little dizzy too which I didn't expect. I don't know if I would
: want to play that game in the water.

I don't think so. Your lungs told you the CO2 level was too high. I believe the only symptom of low oxygen is loss of brain and body function, and you don't even know it's going. Very Scary. Not something I would recommend screwing around with. I have a friend who designs re-breathers, and it is immensely complicated. Water makes it more complicated.

Thank You Kindly,

Topher

Messages In This Thread

Other: need help: air supply from within the hull *LINK*
Erez -- 6/16/2003, 5:32 pm
Re: Other: need help: air supply from within the h
Jay Babina -- 6/17/2003, 9:45 am
Re: Other: need help: air supply from within the h
Jay Babina -- 6/17/2003, 9:33 am
Sea Kayaker had an article on this
Dan G -- 6/17/2003, 8:25 am
mouthpieces -- not the lawyer type :)
Paul G. Jacobson -- 6/17/2003, 11:18 pm
Need oxygen dummies!!
Pete Notman -- 6/17/2003, 5:58 am
Fart Tubes!!
Myrl Tanton -- 6/17/2003, 12:11 am
Flexable backband
Don -- 6/16/2003, 10:04 pm
partial guess
mike allen -- 6/16/2003, 7:22 pm
more or less to this
Paul G. Jacobson -- 6/16/2003, 10:42 pm
Re: more or less to this
mike allen -- 6/17/2003, 4:12 pm
Re: more or less to this
Paul G. Jacobson -- 6/17/2003, 9:34 pm
even more to this *Pic*
Paul G. Jacobson -- 6/17/2003, 11:13 pm
Re: Other: need help: air supply from within the h
Chip Sandresky -- 6/16/2003, 6:36 pm
Re: Other: need help: air supply from within the h
Wes Tanaka -- 6/16/2003, 11:33 pm
don't rebreathe from balloons.
Paul G. Jacobson -- 6/16/2003, 10:51 pm
Re: don't rebreathe from balloons.
Chip Sandresky -- 6/17/2003, 12:16 am
Re: don't rebreathe from balloons.
topher -- 6/17/2003, 3:25 pm
Re: Other: need help: air supply from within the h
Shawn Baker -- 6/16/2003, 7:14 pm
Re: Other: need help: air supply from within the h
Chip Sandresky -- 6/16/2003, 7:21 pm