On 14.02.2014, at 08:18, Jef Driesen <[email protected]> wrote: > If you ask me, SAC (Surface Air Consumption) defined as pressure/time is > pretty useless because it depends on the tank volume. For example a SAC of 1 > bar/min is equivalent to 10L/min for a 10L tank, but 15L/min for a 15L tank. > While, SAC defined as volume/time is a truly independent number that you can > compare across dives, regardless of the tank size.
Totally agree. I think the source of the confusion (i.e. the idea to express it
in pressure rather than volume) is that during the dive you carry a pressure
gauge rather than a volume gauge. When you always dive with cylinders of the
same size pressure per time translates more directly to what you see. But as
soon as you dive cylinders of different size the confusion is total.
Best
Robert
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