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<div>Thats good news on the shelf life of the absorbent.  Ive got 6 5L canisters and was worried they were going to go bad.  Looks like they will be ok for a while yet!</div>
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<div class="yiv5446955008gmail_quote">On 31 January 2014 13:33, hank pronk <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca">hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none">
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<div><span>James,</span></div>
<div><span>Thank you for the clarification.  I was also surprised that the co2 level was in the neighbourhood of 5,000ppm when I turned the sensor on.  I assumed the air quality would be better with the hatch open while I tinker inside. I hooked up my shop vac to the flood valve to suck clean air inside before I started my test.</span></div>

<div><span>  Carsten  mentioned one time that he has used 20yr old absorbent.   Gamma came with full bottles of absorbent that have to be around 20 yrs old.  I experimented with the old material and it worked the same as new stuff. Talk about shelf life.</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial">On Friday, January 31, 2014 3:00:36 AM, James Frankland <<a href="mailto:jamesf@guernseysubmarine.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:jamesf@guernseysubmarine.com">jamesf@guernseysubmarine.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></font></div></div>

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<div>Hi Hank,</div>
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<div>Ive got one of Emiles scrubbers.  Holds the sub at 3200 - 3500 and i find this quite ok.  I did try an experiment (on land with an assistant watching) where i let CO2 get to 7500 -  10000ppm for about half an hour.  I could tolerate this just, but i wouldnt like it to go any more.<br clear="none">
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<div class="yiv5446955008im">On 30 January 2014 20:19, Emile van Essen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emile@airesearch.nl" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:emile@airesearch.nl">emile@airesearch.nl</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"></div>

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<div><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Hank,<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Is normal, The CO2 level must rise first before the scrubber warms up and starts to work. In cold weather it will take longer and you may consider electrical preheating.<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>

<div><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">2300 PPM / 0,23 % is a good figure anyway! <u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<div><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Regards, Emile<u></u><u></u></span></font></div>
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Verzonden:</span></b> donderdag 30 januari 2014 19:45<br clear="none"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Aan:</span></b> Personal Submersibles General Discussion<br clear="none"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Onderwerp:</span></b> [PSUBS-MAILIST] scrubber performance</span></font><u></u><u></u></div>
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