Posted by MHK on November 13, 2001 at 16:59:01:
In Reply to: Questions about Nitrox diving in Southern California posted by msblucow on November 13, 2001 at 16:52:04:
All of these questions will be answered in your class, but as for the regulator you can use the same one.. As for the tank, the real answer is that you can use the same one, but you will hear dive industry crap about dedicated tanks and silly yellow and green stickers and few shops around here have a clue so you'll have little choice but to put up with the nonsense.. See Jim Hoffman or Pacific Wilderness for the exception to the nonsense rule...
As for boats, only a few pump mix now, and I doubt you'll find a boat that will pump air into a Nitrox labeled tank, again see Great Escape or Mr. C for the exception to the nonsense rule...
If you need a shop closer then Walker I would try Pat Farina or Fred Colburn at Pacific Wilderness or e-mail Kevin Rottner...
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