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Re:Oxygen Candles: Providing Emergency Air by imwillofficial on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @01:48AM (#31323883)
I remember A gang telling me how explosive the whole AEOG process was when I checked in. It literally is a potential bomb.
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Re:Oxygen Candles: Providing Emergency Air by nickelpro on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @02:20AM (#31324060)
They used to be worse! The original 6L16 EOG didn't have the "A". It was neither Automated nor Advanced, the only "A" it had was operated by A-gangers!

3k-lbs of pure O2 combined with a reputation for fires, rapid depressurizations, and hydraulic leaks. More than one auxiliaryman got blasted to bits by those things back in the '60s. Every submariner thinks theirs is a unique and special hell, but I don't envy those who went underway with the old O2 plants.

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