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FireInMyBones:
Tobin,

You are right.



With some gentle rubbing, the glue peeled off. How obnoxious. Do you have a recommendation to a low cost glue that would do the trick to better seal the tubing if/when the seal breaks. I do not need much air in my wing, but I do want to avoid failure if possible.
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I know of no adhesive I'd recommend for your application, sorry.

If you find one the world will beat a path to your door......

Tobin
 
Two more days of diving, no issues so far.
 
tomboyy:
Your gonna Die !!!!!

Just kidding, I want mine alittle longer and caught flake. I'm also in greenville ( actually greenwood) i'll pm my phone call me we'll get together and dive if ya want.
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Hey--- I was born in Greenville......keep the place respectable...
 
The problem with testing the setup as you are doing is that the tests will only prove that the setup works until it fails. I used to have a noisemaker (I forget the name) on the LP line to the inflator and a swivel on the LP to the second stage. Then divers who I really respect a great deal persuaded me that I was introducing failure points into my rig. I promptly removed them. You seem to be introducing a critical failure point.

Without looking at a hose, my question is why cut it out of the middle rather than at the end?
 
The two ends have a formed section that has an internal diameter of 1". The internal diameter of the middle of the tube is 5/8". My inflator has a hose attachment point with a diameter of 1".

As far as adding a failure point, I really hope that this a temporary solution. If I could just find a manufacture that makes a corrugated inflator hose with a total length of 7", I would be set. The shortest I can find is 12".

I am also looking to find a more permanent fix until I find a prefab hose.
 
My wife had the opposite problem and wanted to add 3". I inserted a barb like you and zip tied it. No issues after 50 dives.
 
I finally found what I was looking for.

6" Corrugated Hose

I just purchased one and am awaiting shipment. Now I can remove the potential failure point.
 
cool_hardware52:
I know of no adhesive I'd recommend for your application, sorry.

If you find one the world will beat a path to your door......

Tobin
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Sorry to wake up an old thread, but if no adhesive works for this situation, what are the manufacturers using? I found this thread searching for that glue.

I've pulled off a few in my diving career and they have been glued. Just today I swapped out one on my BP/W and it took me some time to pull it off. Maybe it's just an expander that fills the gaps and made pulling it tough? The glue remains on the inside of the corrugated hose and I can peel it off - just like rubber cement. It is stuck much better, but removable on the inflator and wing neck.

I will ask the shop tomorrow since they installed it.
 
ScubaVideo:
...Maybe it's just an expander that fills the gaps and made pulling it tough? The glue remains on the inside of the corrugated hose and I can peel it off - just like rubber cement. It is stuck much better, but removable on the inflator and wing neck...
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The glue seams to be just that some kind of filler. It does stick, just not that well. It can be pealed off. With the dual-ended threaded nipple forced inside, it did not want to come apart even before I put glue in there to fill any gaps and increase the strength. I have somewhere around thirty dives on the "cut" hose and it is working great without any give, something I test before I go out.

The 6 inch hose from Northeast Scuba Supply was the wrong internal diameter. John was shocked to find this out. When I shipped it back to him, he helped me with something else I needed at the time. I will try ordering this again, I just have not gotten around to it yet.

I have been talking with an instructor in FL about taking Fundies. I asked for the DIR stance on a six inch corrugated hose. The instructor said that the "recommendation" is an eleven to thirteen inch hose. The only reason he had was for ease of oral inflation. When I answered that I could easily orally inflate with the shorter hose, he told me that he would evaluate all pieces of my gear when I took the class and give reasons why/ why not to have things laid out in a certain fashion. He also seemed intrigued by the idea or a shorter hose and said that he would allow that one item to be dove with before I changed anything to see how it worked.

Maybe the shorter hose will become the new standard ;) ...not likely, but here is hoping. :D
 
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