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A ball valve is a better option if fine flow control is not required, and I believe a rising plug valve the better option when fine flow control is required. However at scuba pressures, a Sherwood style panel valve is orders of magnitude cheaper than either of the other two options.

If you were going to have a shower anyway, just use soap or shampoo. I thought you were looking for ways because you couldn't shower...

Thanks for your response @iain/hsm, but you haven't answered my question. I am not advocating fitting valves back to front, but merely asking about an observation. Consider the following rudimentary cascade panel, of which I have seen many variations of in various installations. The flow from...

Panel valves like the Thermo or Sherwood ones listed below show directionality for gas flow. But connected to a manifold block for a basic fill panel, gas flow is in one direction when filling the storage bank, and in the other direction when decanting. It seems overkill to have a different flow...

I'm putting together a bill-of-materials for my fill station, considering predominantly Parker or Swagelok. I have a WIKA 100mm for my fill gauge, but have hit a block with how to connect it. The gauge inlet is a G1/2 BSPP male connection. Easy enough. The Parker part number is 4FSC8GC, which...

Most fill stations I've seen and used have the "standard" valve that we know and love that is easy to use and readily allows flow adjustment to the tank(s) being filled. How do the Coltri lever/joystick valves work? I'm led to believe they have an integrated bleed (similar to the Bauer fill...

Two reasons. 1. Because I can 2. The challenge. Same reason I made my over-engineered o2 analyser 3. Convenience Oops. That was 3. The third one is just an added bonus.

Yep, the ol' sound proofing looks like its seen better days! Should have it looking like your before too long! Then down the road of designing and building an excessively over engineering fill panel :D Touche sir. :p

Thanks @Mudbags .. I had checked in the manual and the diagrams at the front showed the version without the auto drain. It wasn't until after I posted that I went through more exhaustively and saw the auto-drain componentry which mine has. I'm looking forward to playing with my new toy. Looks...

There is a Bauer MV120 that I'm interested in. Not much info on it, and from the pics looks somewhat weathered and will need a little TLC. Not sure if that was while in service, or if its been neglected after being taken out of service. Hour meter says 5095 hours. It doesn't come with any...

Hi @bartucxp. You're generally better asking for assistance on the Subsurface mailing list or the Google Group (Subsurface Divelog - Google Groups) I can't speak for Mac, but the Garmin connectivity on Windows is also a bit finnicky. I don't have an x50i (Mk2i here), and the least frustrating...

Last year I did a Bali - Komodo - Bali liveaboard, and we spent a couple of hours on a Komodo Island tour. We saw three dragons - one near the village which was very docile and appeared to be drugged and a lot of the group had photos taken with it (crouching down about 3-4m behind, with camera...

There's a quote in that article: She obviously didn't consider what happens when the hobby you choose fuels your shopping addiction :cool:

It was over a decade since I was on SoF, but I doubt the type of aircraft used now will be much different. Here's a couple of pictures. You make your own mind on how strict they are with luggage :) They weighed all the bags and carefully distributed all bags within the cargo hold and told all...

I'll also weigh in as a long time software developer, product owner and and IT director, as well as opensource contributor, supporter and aficionado. It is one thing to hook into an website backend API. It is an entirely different beast to build a distributable app to to do it. Especially as a...

I can't speak for the iOS version, but on Android there is are "Prev DC" and "Next DC" buttons just below the profile graph that cycle through the profiles as recorded by each computer.

Mornington Pier is OK. Both Rye and Blairgowrie are more often than not better dives than Mornington though.

There's some great shore diving on the peninsula, and getting on a charter from Portsea will get you to many great dive sites. As @Seepferdchencam suggested, finding a local club would be helpful to get acquainted with the sites - Rye Pier, Blairgowrie Yacht Club and Flinders Pier are the most...

@DiveVenture I've had a little play with your app, and it's great for a first public cut! Already more polished than I was expecting. Similar to @NothingClever 's comments though, I think the pie chart leaves a little to be desired. And as a little aside, IMO (qualified through my experience as...

Personally not a big fan. I'd rather measure straight off the valve especially when analysing multiple tanks. I don't really fancy having to attach/remove a first stage every time I want to analyse a tank.