Do You Analyze Your Gas for CO?

[skip]

It's been a couple of years since Brandon died from breathing a tank with CO2. There was a considerable hubbub about analyzing for CO2 and sales of CO2 analyzers shot up. Those must be in need of a new sensor by now...so I thought it might be interesting to see how many have fallen off the bandwagon, and how many never got on in the first place.

[JahJahwarrior]

I measure my sodas for co2. One sip, if there's no co2, I know it's gone flat and I switch to tea or water.

[Bobby]

Great timing with your post Skip. We had talked for years on/off abut buying an analyzer. Brandon's death put us over the edge and we finally did. Our last dives a week ago I broke out the pure CO to check the analyzer as the sensor is still doing fine.

Since we have bought the analyzer we have found CO in 3 other peoples cylinders. When we are at dive sites we make a point of offering the CO analyzer to others to test their cylinders. There has only been one instance that the CO levels were high enough that it would have been a clear issue however Brandon's death has helped at the very least for us and others that we have been around. A small consolation yet it does mean something, at least to us.

[Rhino]

The title and OP say CO2. I voted with respect to CO.

[Bobby]

The title and OP say CO2. I voted with respect to CO.

Anyone that knows Skip also knows that he is one of the higher educimacted and as such can easily over look the lower level importent things us undar edumicated tend two.

[Jack Hammer]

I analyze anytime and everytime a CO analyzer is available. If I know some one has one or I see some one with one I will ask to use it. However, I don't yet own an analyzer myself (plan to). I'm guessing this puts me into the most of the time category even though the reality works out to be most of the time I'm unable to analyze.

[apitkin]

I measure my sodas for co2. One sip, if there's no co2, I know it's gone flat and I switch to tea or water.

But they contain large quantities of the dangerous chemical dihydrogen monoxide.

[hunabku]

voted no.

I test for CO, O2, and HE. Every tank, every time.

Never test for CO2 though. Does anybody?

[Hammerhead Ferrari]

I guess it would be every time since I bought my C0 analyzer...

I don't check when I get my fills at one of my main fill stations because they have an inline C0 analyzer with compressor shutdown as well as alarm. I know because I helped install it. Maybe I'm foolish for trusting this source, but I know they get quarterly testing due to being the main SCBA fill station in an area with huge oil & gas resources...they fill more SCBA's than any other part if their business.

[Mark Vlahos]

I test for CO, every tank, every time.

I also analyze NITROX every time, even air tanks if they could possibly be filled with NITROX.