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I have a large compressor for drive gas. I want to add some better filtration, but it should so ok. As for the sight glass, Filter Techs and August Industries has them. You can buy moisture indicator inserts or CO/moisture combos.

I don't currently have helium bottles, so I will be diving mostly air for now. I will be diving LP85 manifolded doubles, and have 50% and 100% in AL40s. So likely 2 sets of LP85s filled to ~3000 once to twice a month. The frequency will increase as I make more time for it. I may switch to...

Lol. It's a disease

I bought a complete fill station a few years ago. I had to do some reorganizing of the garage, so the assembly of the fill station fell on the back burner. I am now trying to get it back together. From my notes and pictures, and help from the previous owner, I was able to reconstruct the...

I am beginning to layout a newly acquired complete fill station, currently setup for continuous blending of nitrox and trimix with automatic cut-off solenoids on the O2. It included a few 3500 and 4500psi storage bottles, and a few 2400psi customer-owned O2 bottles. It also incorporates a...

Are you using your drysuit or wing as the main buoyancy compensation device? If using the drysiut as main BC, I suggest try adding just enough air to the suit to eliminate squeeze, and use the wing as the main BC. See if that eliminates it. If you are using the wing as intended, check as...

Yes, the wing stays in my drysuit bag to and from the dive site. It helps prevent damage to the wing since I use the backplate for tank transport. I sit the tanks up straight in the backseat as a passenger would sit. This makes it easy to get them in and out of the car. I assemble on the...

Northeast Scuba Supply sells them on their site. Wings/BC Parts Second page under "Inflator Nipple". Contact the owner and see if he can get you a deal on a bulk purchase.

I always move my doubles around by the wearing the bare backplate with no wing attached. I have a table in my basement I can set the tanks on, take the backplate off my shoulders, turn around and lower by hand. I do the same at a dive shop, but I just look for a stool or stairs to set them on...

Are you referring to the male quick disconnect on the power inflator body? If not, can you post a picture of what you are looking for.

I have to say my best sub $30 investment was the Trilobite line cutter as a few have said above. I carry two. Eezycut - Diving, fishing, and emergency cutting tool

My OW checkout dive was at Lake Rawlings (now Lake Phoenix) in VA with an instructor who taught in our dive club. At that time, most of the local dive shops didn't really keep instructors on hand.

Jax, no I don't have a CO analyzer yet, but will once I get the system up and running. it's one of those things I've been meaning to add to the gear. I am still deciding between continuous blending or partial pressure filling methods. But either way I would need Grade E modified or OCA. Once...

Yes, I'm sure the oil is much more than a year old. I'll change it. I saw reference to an oil filter in the manual. I assume this has one and that will be changed too. I'm not sure about the filter tower. My notes said it may have been a Mako tower? I'm not sure if it is a packable design...

I bought a compressor a while ago, but life got in the way, and I'm just getting around to getting it up and running and making a filling system. First I want to concentrate on getting the compressor running well. It is a Bauer Mariner 7cfm compressor with a single phase motor. The previous...

@CAPTAIN SINBAD I've got a set of LP85 tanks (XSScuba/Worthington) you can use if you would like to see how they trim out on a dive.

Sadly, I have to report a fellow scuba diver and friend died after complications following the snowstorm the DC area received recently. Paraphrased with help from another friend and dive buddy: C. M. "Mike" Gutterman died Monday evening (Jan 25) while attempting to walk from his truck to his...

Howard, you mentioned in the other thread that the ads will not display for a supporting member. I am a supporting member, and I am experiencing the same problem. The ad takes over control of the screen. It is happening right now. It makes reading and typing extremely difficult. I am using...

There are a few rock quarries around here that recognize solo diving. I'm sure it's worth the flight from CA. J/k I don't know of any vacations spots that specifically allow it. But I bet if you have a destination in mind, an email will tell you if they will honor your S/R cert. Some just...

Great job Pete. I had a similar incident about a year ago. It was a bad car accident, but as far as I know, everyone survived. I posted about it in the MOF/NMOF thread. http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/surface-interval/473077-mof-nmof-lxii-slackers-hijackers-unbent-40.html#post7040164 I too...