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Think of the last place,
you would like to go diving ?
 What about diving into organic human and
toxic industrial waste, mixed with dirty water, that
doesn't sound like a nice dive site, but some
professional drivers has made this their special
work-field, dressed in heavy rubber suits, gloves and
full face mask or helmets, they go into it every day.
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 The standby diver is helping one of
his college up from the sewage pipe system, the
diver is dressed in rubber drysuits, rubber
gloves and uses an AGA full
face mask. A special harness is used by the
divers, then it's always possible to drag the
diver back to the entry hole in case of any
emergencies.After the divers had returned to
the surface, it's great with an shower, for
flushing of all the  dirt from the
sewage system. The shower is 'taken' by the
divers while they are wearing all their
equipment.
This pictures are both from Hong Kong, send to
me by Paul.
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| NB: The text
above is only intend as information, not
instruction ! |
| Contaminated
Environment Diving |
 Here
you see a diver just finished of working in a
sludge-basin, the suit is a Viking Drysuit with a Kirby-Morgan helmet
attach to a yoke on the suit. On the bag the
diver carries a bail-out bottle, intended only
for use in emergency situations, normal the diver
got the breathing air from the surface via an
air-line. |
 This
diver to the left, is diving in water
contaminated with toxic chemicals, the suit is a Viking HD drysuit with
special gloves resistant to the chemicals. The
Helmet, a Kirby Morgan,
is with double exhaust valve for enhanced safety. |
| Sewer tank diving |
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| Inspecting the suit The
diver use a heavy duty rubber PRO-HD drysuit from
Gates. Before every
dive in environments like this, the rubber suit
is extra checked for holes, which could be fatal
for the diver.
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Zip me up! The
divers assistant closing the shoulder zipper, and
in short time, he will be ready to go down the
tank.
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| Last breath of fresh air I
this kind of work, a helmet is used, the
air-supply is coming from the surface by
air-lines.
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No way back Complete
covered in rubber and a AH-3
Helmet, the divers is lowered into the
darkness of the tank, with help of a crane.
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| Up again After
20 min. in the dark the diver hits the surface of
the sludge.
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Cleaning the suit On the
surface again, a assistant dressed in a drysuit,
is flushing the sewage diver for sludge.
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Back to the fresh air It's
a warm diver, who soon is free from his helmet,
the temperature in the tank was about 90° F.
In that temperature you are only able to stay for
about 20-30 min.
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| NB: The text above
is only intend as information, not instruction ! |
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