Kit Rigging

Just got my spangly new Greenforce FII umbilical with the Tristar Head and
was wondering the best place & location to mount the battery back.
Also, where do I lay my hands on a couple of jubilee clips for sideslinging
my 3l?

TIA
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Nige
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Nige <nigel@SUNGLASSEShamlinawards.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Just got my spangly new Greenforce FII umbilical with the Tristar Head and
> was wondering the best place & location to mount the battery back.
> Also, where do I lay my hands on a couple of jubilee clips for
sideslinging
> my 3l?
>
> TIA
> --
> Nige
> remove SUNGLASSES to reply

Read before sending!!!
I meant location & way to mount the battery pack 'DOH!

Nige
>

Nige wrote:
> Just got my spangly new Greenforce FII umbilical with the Tristar Head and
> was wondering the best place & location to mount the battery back.
> Also, where do I lay my hands on a couple of jubilee clips for sideslinging
> my 3l?

Best place I've always found for s/s jubilee clips is a chandler's.
They're usually half the price dive shops charge.

- Keith

"Nige" <nigel@SUNGLASSEShamlinawards.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Just got my spangly new Greenforce FII umbilical with the Tristar Head and
> was wondering the best place & location to mount the battery back.
> Also, where do I lay my hands on a couple of jubilee clips for
sideslinging
> my 3l?

RS (www.rswww.com) do a jubilee clip kit 10m of banding and 30 'ends'

"Nige" <nigel@SUNGLASSEShamlinawards.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Just got my spangly new Greenforce FII umbilical with the Tristar Head and
> was wondering the best place & location to mount the battery back.
> Also, where do I lay my hands on a couple of jubilee clips for
sideslinging
> my 3l?

That really depends on the type of kit you dive on, Nige. If you dive on a
wing/backplate/harness combo then you might want to consider mounting the
battery cannister on your right hip by making up a harness 'loop' like the
one I've got on my Greenforce FII Ali battery...

http://www.bardo.co.uk/battery.jpg

To stop the battery cannister slipping, I simply thread a plastic weight
belt buckle onto the harness webbing. On the Tristar, I've attatched a
simple bolt snap using nylon line which I use to clip off the light head
when I'm not using it...

http://www.bardo.co.uk/tristar.jpg

Hope this helps!

Bardo <anon@anon.com> wrote in message
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>
> > That really depends on the type of kit you dive on, Nige. If you dive on
a
> wing/backplate/harness combo then you might want to consider mounting the
> battery cannister on your right hip by making up a harness 'loop' like the
> one I've got on my Greenforce FII Ali battery...
>
> http://www.bardo.co.uk/battery.jpg

Thats perfect, I do indeed have a backplate & harness & thats exactly what
I'm after.

What do you have underneath the clips to stop them marking the torch?
Also, is it just a piece of webbing to make some sort of loop?

cheers

Nige


>
> To stop the battery cannister slipping, I simply thread a plastic weight
> belt buckle onto the harness webbing. On the Tristar, I've attatched a
> simple bolt snap using nylon line which I use to clip off the light head
> when I'm not using it...
>
> http://www.bardo.co.uk/tristar.jpg
>
> Hope this helps!
>
>

"Nige" <nigel@SUNGLASSEShamlinawards.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Thats perfect, I do indeed have a backplate & harness & thats exactly what
> I'm after.

Glad to have been of help!

> What do you have underneath the clips to stop them marking the torch?
> Also, is it just a piece of webbing to make some sort of loop?

I use two peices of motorbike innertube underneath the clips and yep - a
small peice of webbing is used to form the loop.