Guess I'll have to orally inflate my drysuit...

[Dewey's Dad]

I just picked up a regulator setup and a drysuit as my first real equipment purchase, the first of many I'm sure. My question is regarding the 1st stage that came with my Aqualung Titan rig. It was advertised as having 4 low pressure ports and 1 high pressure port, and not thinking about it at the time just assumed it would work. But those 4 low pressure ports are obviously used up with my console, BC hose, and the two regulators...leaving me wondering where I'm going to hook up my drysuit hose. Surely it wouldn't go in the high-pressure port, right? I'm obviously somewhat new to this but I don't recall seeing any 'T' setups on anybody's first stage in the 8 weeks that I've been diving.

Either I'm overlooking something, or I'm the only drysuit diver left and the market doesn't feel it has to cater to me.

 

[NadMat]

your console (air gauge) goes in the HP port.

 

[divebutt]

Your 4 LP ports will be used for your two regs, LP for your BC and LP for your suit. Your HP port will be for your gauge.

 

[jiveturkey]

Your pressure gauge uses the high pressure port. That'll leave you one open lp port for the drysuit hose.

 

[Dewey's Dad]

Ahh...that makes much more sense. I should have figured that the console plugged into the high pressure port.

What am I, stupid?

 

[GA Under Water]

Ahh...that makes much more sense. I should have figured that the console plugged into the high pressure port.

What am I, stupid?

Take it you haven't taken a Drysuit class?

 

[mikerault]

Also, there may be high flow LP and Low flow LP, high flow are used for the regulators and low flow for the inflators. A high flow LP allows for the needed increase in flow to maintain pressure at depth, otherwise breathing effort increases with depth.

 

[JahJahwarrior]

^ emphasis on MAY. Some newer regs adverstise "high" and "low" flow LP ports, but not all, and most older regs don't specify a difference. Similar to how many regs now are tunable or have a switch for surface vs. dive, but not all, and many older regs didn't have those adjustments.

 

[KazooDiver]

i highly recommend taking a dry suit course...there are many subtle quirks about dry suit diving.

 

[Dive Right In Scuba]

Didnt your shop set it up for you?? It should have came assembled correctly....