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Scuba and WOLACH surface-supplied diving: costs, handling and operating differences
What mattersTraditional scubaWOLACH tankless S6 · 6 hours
Air-supply cost$12 / hour$12 per air fill · ≈ 1 h assumedEnter charge priceBattery details not published
What you carryCylinder, BCD and regulator worn by the diver.The air unit stays at the surface. No primary cylinder on your back.
Ready for next timeArrange a breathing-air refill.Recharge at home, then check the unit, hose and air inlet.
Air supply & runtimeDepends on cylinder size, depth, breathing rate and reserves.Check the selected configuration’s runtime. Actual runtime varies with load.
Freedom & rangeIndependent of a surface hose; plan within training and equipment limits.Connected to a surface unit by hose; check routing and the model’s operating limits.
Care & ownershipCylinder inspections and equipment servicing.Rinsing, hose and air-system checks, plus battery and unit servicing.
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One air fill$12≈ 1 h assumed
One full chargeEnter priceRuntime not published

Estimated energy-cost difference over 3 years

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Scuba air refills$1,440
WOLACH home charging—

When can lower running costs cover the system?

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Default rates & scope

The US scenario uses $12 per ordinary compressed-air fill and $0.17/kWh at home. These are rounded, editable examples, not a surveyed national average or a live shop quote. Gas is compressed breathing air, not pure oxygen or nitrox.

Electricity reference: US EIA residential electricity tables. The default is a scenario assumption; the current table was not independently retrieved for this estimate.

An ordinary AL80-size cylinder is the example. The default 60 minutes represents a shallow-water cost assumption, not guaranteed breathing time. Depth, breathing rate, cylinder size and reserves change actual duration. Equipment runtime does not determine a safe dive duration.

The running-cost bars cover air refills and charging. The purchase-price offset adds the selected system's catalogue price, assuming an existing scuba setup. Cylinder rental, inspections, servicing, consumables, replacement batteries, tax and travel are excluded. This is an energy-based purchase-offset illustration, not a guarantee of total savings. Surface-supplied systems and scuba cylinders have different operating limits.

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