OP
So, both sides of the QC6 close when it's disconnected? Well, duh. Now that you point it out, that must be the case. I just never thought about it before. Good point.
New rEvo BOV
- Thread starter stuartv
- Start date
Please register or login
Welcome to ScubaBoard, the world's largest scuba diving community. Registration is not required to read the forums, but we encourage you to join. Joining has its benefits and enables you to participate in the discussions.
Benefits of registering include
- Ability to post and comment on topics and discussions.
- A Free photo gallery to share your dive photos with the world.
- You can make this box go away
So, both sides of the QC6 close when it's disconnected? Well, duh. Now that you point it out, that must be the case. I just never thought about it before. Good point.
QC6 can't be keyed.
We use an LPI for oxygen because you should never really need a super high flow rate. DIL and BOV's are driven by QC6. That's how we key them.
We use an LPI for oxygen because you should never really need a super high flow rate. DIL and BOV's are driven by QC6. That's how we key them.
Jeremy Williams
Contributor
Jeremy Williams
Contributor
Yes, of course we still use an LPI for suit and wing gas. I'm not sure why anyone wouldn't.
Interesting about the keyed QC6's. Never saw those before.
Still, LPI is fully functional for oxygen because you don't need a high flow rate. I'm not sure what the value of using a $100 connector there would be over using a very common/standard fitting.
I'm sure the RB80 guys are laughing about oxygen.
Still, LPI is fully functional for oxygen because you don't need a high flow rate. I'm not sure what the value of using a $100 connector there would be over using a very common/standard fitting.
I'm sure the RB80 guys are laughing about oxygen.
Jeremy Williams
Contributor
HUH???
So some thoughts for consideration..
1. The moment you put helium in your DIL, you don't want to feed that into your suit so you will need a different gas source.
2. If you're just using air DIL but want your drysuit/wing/BOV and DIL to be fed from the same gas source, you can use a manifold/3-way splitter. Input can be QC6, output can be whatever you want (two LPI's for wing/drysuit, and appropriate hoses for BOV/DIL).
I tend to drive my DIL and BOV from off-board sources and use my on-board bottle strictly for drysuit/wing inflation. When in that config, my on-board reg has two LPI's for inflation, and of course an OPV. The off-board source feeds into a manifold by QC6 which then feeds into a BOV and my DIL source.
Sometimes when I'm doing open-ocean stuff I'll drive my DIL from on-board, in which case I replace one of the LPI's with a QC6 and drive the manifold from that. In this config, if I'm diving a drysuit I'll need a drysuit bottle. In this config, unless I reconfig my BOV for off-board and separate it from the manifold, I acknowledge and accept the BOV is only good for 2 or 3 breaths, long enough to get me onto another reg and no more. There's a huge trade-off here, and actually I prefer to not use a BOV in this config (because usually on a dive like this I'm likely to be using a hypoxic DIL).
1. The moment you put helium in your DIL, you don't want to feed that into your suit so you will need a different gas source.
2. If you're just using air DIL but want your drysuit/wing/BOV and DIL to be fed from the same gas source, you can use a manifold/3-way splitter. Input can be QC6, output can be whatever you want (two LPI's for wing/drysuit, and appropriate hoses for BOV/DIL).
I tend to drive my DIL and BOV from off-board sources and use my on-board bottle strictly for drysuit/wing inflation. When in that config, my on-board reg has two LPI's for inflation, and of course an OPV. The off-board source feeds into a manifold by QC6 which then feeds into a BOV and my DIL source.
Sometimes when I'm doing open-ocean stuff I'll drive my DIL from on-board, in which case I replace one of the LPI's with a QC6 and drive the manifold from that. In this config, if I'm diving a drysuit I'll need a drysuit bottle. In this config, unless I reconfig my BOV for off-board and separate it from the manifold, I acknowledge and accept the BOV is only good for 2 or 3 breaths, long enough to get me onto another reg and no more. There's a huge trade-off here, and actually I prefer to not use a BOV in this config (because usually on a dive like this I'm likely to be using a hypoxic DIL).
Similar threads
