Regulator - Wrong Present??

On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 16:47:07 -0000, "NoJags Neil"
<neil264removethisbit@andthisbithotmail.com> wrote:

>
>"Keith Lawrence" <false@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>> Buy all of those from a dive shop (the original one you used?) and ask
>them
>> to put it together for you.
>>
>
>Sort-of-on-the-same-subject: when the dive shop puts the whole thing
>together, are hose lengths more or less made to measure, or pretty much
>standard provided you're not a totally weird shape or size?
>

the "standard" is 24 inches for primary and 36 for octopus. direct
feeds are again pretty much standard. However certain people will go
for other lengths in certain circumstances

Pete
diving 'at' melbourne 'dot' me 'dot' uk

NoJags Neil <neil264removethisbit@andthisbithotmail.com> wrote:

> Sort-of-on-the-same-subject: when the dive shop puts the whole thing
> together, are hose lengths more or less made to measure, or pretty much
> standard provided you're not a totally weird shape or size?

At the beginner stage hose lengths are pretty much standard however
weird shape or size you are.

However I recomend AP Valves hoses as you can shorten them youself. This
is not something that is such a big deal but it is nice to have.

FWIW I have just shortened my LP hose by about 40cm and did it in stages
to make sure I did not cut of too much.


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"Pete Melbourne" <psmvsl@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 15:57:53 +0000, rich <rich@nospam.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >> Poseidon have a different interstage pressure to most others. Richard
> >> bought a fairly main stream reg, something like a Scubapro, Apeks etc
> >> (can not be bothered to look back through the archives to find out
> >> which one).
> >>
> >> Giving advice to a newby its easiest to just tell him to avoid a
> >> anything that is not likely to be a bolt on a go solution which a
> >> Poseidon "may" not be
> >>
> >fair enough Pete.. nb. I've used my Poseidon Jetstream with a Mares
> >Voltrex Second stage with no problems at all, when I've had to. Never
> >had an issue with the Interstage pressure as that is dealt with in the
> >first stage and everything coming out to breath has been fine,
> >regardless of the reg attached to it.. perhaps I was lucky on my three
> >Jetstreams? :)
>
> Don't know if you've been lucky or not but I've heard of people having
> big freeflow problems with Jetstreams at around 10 bar

Interstage pressure on modern Jetstreams is ~9bar IIRC (which is normalish).
Cyklons are higher.

On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 10:49:57 +0000, Richard Faulkner
<richard@estate.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>With a bit of advice from this ng, I bought Janet a Suunto Geeko

A what?

Proof perhaps that Nige is marketing stuff for Suunto...
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"Jerome Meekings" <warm-water-diver@spamblock.net> wrote in message
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> However I recomend AP Valves hoses as you can shorten them youself. This
> is not something that is such a big deal but it is nice to have.

Note, though, that the AP schraeder valve is a different size to
everyone else's. I've used the two interchangeably in the past, but I
wouldn't recommend it (you get a different flow rate, for one thing...)

Vic.


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"Vic" <vic@innocent.com> wrote in message
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> "Jerome Meekings" <warm-water-diver@spamblock.net> wrote in message
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> > However I recomend AP Valves
> Vic.

I'm actually really surprised someone hasn't asked where the CCR to go
with the OC bailout was! (Tongue in cheek)

DA



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"rich" <rich@nospam.co.uk> wrote in message
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> > Poseidon have a different interstage pressure to most others. Richard
> > bought a fairly main stream reg, something like a Scubapro, Apeks etc
> > (can not be bothered to look back through the archives to find out
> > which one).
> >
> > Giving advice to a newby its easiest to just tell him to avoid a
> > anything that is not likely to be a bolt on a go solution which a
> > Poseidon "may" not be
> >
> fair enough Pete.. nb. I've used my Poseidon Jetstream with a Mares
> Voltrex Second stage with no problems at all, when I've had to. Never
> had an issue with the Interstage pressure as that is dealt with in the
> first stage and everything coming out to breath has been fine,
> regardless of the reg attached to it.. perhaps I was lucky on my three
> Jetstreams? :)

I suspect that whoever services your regulator set the intermediate pressure
to keep you from having problems. In my liimited experience with mixed
sets, I've found that second stages designed for lower intermediate
pressures are more likely to free flow and to continue freeflowing when used
with higher intermediate pressures. On the other hand, I've not noticed
that sets done the other way around breathed harder.

Lee

"ferret" <ferret@cruelmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 10:49:57 +0000, Richard Faulkner
> <richard@estate.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >With a bit of advice from this ng, I bought Janet a Suunto Geeko
>
> A what?
>
> Proof perhaps that Nige is marketing stuff for Suunto...
> --
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it's whats replaced the bootom-of-the range entry-level Favour suunto dive
computers.

Seems to just be a favour with basic nitrox compatibility. I didn't look to
hard at the brochore at the time while in the shop since I already have a
Favour S. :)

rhys

In message <402b74fe$0$4097$5a6aecb4@news.aaisp.net.uk>, Keith Lawrence
<false@nospam.com> writes
>"Richard Faulkner" <richard@estate.demon.co.uk> wrote...
>
>> I dont think she will be buying a BC for a while so, if the connectors
>> can differ, it seems it might need to stay in the box for a while.
>
>> I can spring for another £100 for the octopus and gauge, so I might do
>> that to almost complete the thing.
>
>See Pete's message. For the sake of an extra few quid buy a 'ROW' hose and
>the regulator is then perfectly usable.
>
>K
>
>

So..

I get a Scubapro R290 Octopus £79

Scubapro Depth Gauge £49 (Why not the Suunto for £39?)

if the BCD hose comes with the BCD, do I need a BCD hose?

A ROW hose to the BCD £20/£30 - for the sake of £30, if there are 2
types, she could have both??

Job done??

Does a diver/school leave the BCD hose attached to the 1st Stage, or to
the BCD when storing it?

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On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 13:22:14 +1300, "rnf2" <rnf2@NOSPAMwaikato.ac.nz>
wrote:

>it's whats replaced the bootom-of-the range entry-level Favour suunto dive
>computers.

I think that's a whoosh...
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