Technical Q7A Forum

All questions are answered by Andrew Dawson-Maddocks, Director of training at the ADM Diving. Andrew has over 3000 dives logged across 4 continents and has amassed many stunning dives to 90m and beyond . ADM Diving & Technical Services Ltd is proudly associated with PADI, IANTD, EFR and DAN, offering an extensive range of training programmes.

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Question - I am going diving soon and I have been told that there are many jellyfish in the water, I want to know if anyone has tried a stingguard dive mask ...
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27 April Tuesday, 1:29 PM
Question - Dear Andrew, i wanted to know the recommended temperature and humidity conditions for storage of divng items made of rubber, silicone and neoprene.
Items like fins, face masks, BC, corrugated tubes etc
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27 April Tuesday, 1:24 PM
Question - Hi im looking for some advice with computers. Is there a computer that you can flag or log your boats position for extra safty when boat diving? I ...
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27 April Tuesday, 1:11 PM
Question - Could anyone let me know if it is possible to convert a 300 bar DIN valve to a A clamp fitting. I have a A clamp on my 1st stage but the 12l 300 b ...
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27 March Saturday, 1:15 PM
Question - Andrew, I have been a recreational scuba diver for 12 years now and have made over 1000 dives and am a PADI Divemaster. I recently decided to pr ...
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29 January Friday, 9:10 PM
Question - I'm quite a new diver, although I'm now totally commited! I have been looking at the different types of organisations for Technical diving (TDI, ...
I'm PADI Rescue.
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24 January Sunday, 3:41 PM
Question - I have just bought a a12 arrow greenforce battery pack with pro head which takes 30-50w halogen bulb is there a differant type of bulb i can buy i ...
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24 January Sunday, 3:35 PM
Question - What other features to look for in a dive computer for beginning technical diving? Particularly there are models allowing two and three switches ...
I am about to buy a new dive computer and I would like to get one that would be useful for beginning technical diving. It strikes me that spendin ...
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23 January Saturday, 11:22 PM
Question - I am looking to buy a tec wing system. I am 1.55m and 52kg... What kit would you recommend. The tec diving would be done in the UK and abroad. My ...
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22 January Friday, 1:57 PM
Question - Hi Andrew. Most commercial aircraft seem to drop the cabin pressure to around 0.75 bar. If the cabin is filled with air this would give a ppO2 of ...
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18 January Monday, 10:58 PM
Question - General Dive permit ??, I am a certified diver here in the US , and would like to take vacation and dive the waters of the UK next summer, are the ...
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16 January Saturday, 1:11 PM
Question - Hi Andrew I have a Dacor regulator set which i have been informed is no good for winter diving what type of reg would be adequate without busting ...
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16 January Saturday, 1:08 PM
Question - General Dive permit ??, I am a certified diver here in the US , and would like to take vacation and dive the waters of the UK next summer, are the ...
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20 December Sunday, 12:59 PM
Question - i have a 232 pony bottle and an oceanic cdx5 din, after removing the centre cap there are only 5 threads inside but 9 on the first stage forgive m ...
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29 September Tuesday, 4:07 PM
Question - hi please can you help, i have been taught to have a safety stop at 5 metres for 3 minutes however my partner says that this should be 6 minutes a ...
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1 September Tuesday, 4:59 PM
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