{"id":192,"date":"2009-11-03T15:33:52","date_gmt":"2009-11-03T19:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=192"},"modified":"2020-12-10T14:36:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T19:36:21","slug":"rdp-plus-calculating-maximum-depth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=192","title":{"rendered":"RDP Plus &#8211; Those grey and black boxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Understanding the color codes on the DSAT RDP as they relate to depth<br \/>\nand time. Let&#8217;s pull out and dust off that RDP and begin on Table 1.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Table 1<\/span>, the No Decompression Limits and Group Designation Table<br \/>\n<em>contains<\/em> a bit of information. You have <span style=\"color: #339966;\">Pressure Group<\/span> Designation<br \/>\nrunning up and down the left side (The A &#8211; Z characters), <span style=\"color: #339966;\">Depths <\/span>(found<br \/>\nacross the top of table 1), <span style=\"color: #339966;\">Times <\/span>(the numbers found in the blue\/white<br \/>\nboxes), <span style=\"color: #339966;\">grey <\/span>and <span style=\"color: #339966;\">black <\/span>boxes.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s focus on the grey and black boxes.<\/p>\n<p>Flip the RDP so you are viewing the side with Table 3.\u00a0 Locate the<br \/>\nparagraph reading <em>Safety Stops. <\/em>Let me quote the section.<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">&#8220;Safety Stops<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #008080;\">\u00a0 &#8211; A safety stop for 3 minutes at 15ft is required any time<br \/>\nthe diver comes within<\/span> <span style=\"color: #339966;\">3 pressure groups<\/span> <span style=\"color: #008080;\">of a no-decompression<br \/>\nlimit, and for any dive to a depth of 100 feet or greater.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Taking the statement above while looking at the table 1 of the RDP<br \/>\nyou find at the bottom of the 35, 40, 50 &#8211; 90 foot column, the last<br \/>\nthree\u00a0boxes (times)\u00a0before\/above the no decompression time are<br \/>\nshaded grey.\u00a0 It is these grey boxes with times the above quote is<br \/>\nreferring to. Also note the depth columns of 100, 110, 120, 130 &amp;<br \/>\n140 times are all shaded out.<\/p>\n<p>It is advisable to make safety stops during every dive. You might<br \/>\nas well if you still have air to support it. Who knows what you\u00a0might<br \/>\nsee.<\/p>\n<p>Larry Davis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Understanding the color codes on the DSAT RDP as they relate to depth<br \/>\nand time. Let&#8217;s pull out and dust off that RDP and begin on Table 1.<br \/>\nTable 1, the No Decompression Limits and Group Designation Table<br \/>\ncontains a bit of information. You have Pressure Group Designation<br \/>\nrunning up and down the left side (The A &#8211; Z characters), Depths (found<br \/>\nacross the top of table 1), Times (the numbers found in the blue\/white<br \/>\nboxes), grey and black boxes.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s focus on the grey and black boxes.<br \/>\nFlip the RDP so you are viewing the side with Table 3.\u00a0 Locate the<br \/>\nparagraph reading Safety Stops. 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