Hi again!

 

My favorite quote of the year goes to Dave Sutton for his wonderful direct way of explaining what this homebuilding RB stuff really comes down to:

 

"Just grab any small orifice, hook it up to a first stage, adjust the intermediate pressure to give you somewhere about 0.7 LPM and block off the first stage. Add 02 using a manual add valve as needed. Go diving. If I spent as much time thinking about this as some of you, I would never have built a thing.

Theory is only valid insofar as it reflect reality.

The reality is that this is butt-simple stuff to build."

 

Source: Dave Sutton, Rebreatherworld, 18th of April 2008

 

However, always read your basic CCR stuff and learn it by heart before you take the "Big plunge". - Carl Wern

 

"Always know your PO2 at all times!" - Dr. Pyle

Hi there!

 

I have been busy diving lately so I haven´t had time to post anything for a while. The tests are ongoing, I let the "poor" unit fall from my car on the ground to see what happend and it seemed to have survived the test. One fischer contact leaked bubbles afterwards so I had to tighten it, but that seems to be the only thing, besides scratches on the side. I will post more on the deeper dives that I will do later this year.

 

Another thing that happend was that my battery to my Shearwater computer died on my right before a dive! That sucked! What sucked even more was that I did´t have a spare one with me. That battery is hard to find here in Sweden. So lesson learnt, Allways keep a spare battery with you... I should have learnt that lesson years ago.... :=)

 

I am about to build my own counterlungs in neoprene. I want to see if I feel more comfortable with them than the ones I have had now for 4 years. I am not happy with the width of the current lungs. Yes, I am picky but I have been doing this now for 5 years so I have the right to demand the best of the best when I dive. I will keep you guys posted and I will post pictures when I am done building them.