SilentMegDiver
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How are those who are diving back mount ccr with a stand installed, attach an inflation tank, horizontaly under the scrubber, inside the stand?
Inflation tank mount
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mr_v
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You can do it under the stand. I don't because I don't have a stand and would not if I had one.
Kent tooling mount on the dil bottle:
13AL mounted to the dil bottle with a vertical valve:
Works well for places that aren't tight.
Kent tooling mount on the dil bottle:
13AL mounted to the dil bottle with a vertical valve:
Works well for places that aren't tight.
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SilentMegDiver
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I am currently using something similar to this. Just looking for a way to move
broncobowsher
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I run mine vertical, next to the DIL.
Looked at putting it in the stand. Butt heavy rEvo doesn't need any more weight down there. The added weight at the top helps trim.
Looked at putting it in the stand. Butt heavy rEvo doesn't need any more weight down there. The added weight at the top helps trim.
missionmtb
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The best inflation bottle mount I've ever used was the dive rite soft mount. It tucks in nice and low profile and can move out of the way if you need to reach something around it. You can also technically cut it away if you get stuck, unlike those hard mount options that make you a fridge.
*edit* Ignore the 6 cuft, this mounts a 13 cuft fine.
SKU DIR-GM2782-3
*edit* Ignore the 6 cuft, this mounts a 13 cuft fine.
SKU DIR-GM2782-3
mr_v
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How much inflation gas do you need?
A 6cf bottle attached to the side is okay for some dives. For deep/seesaw cave dives, 6cf is a joke. You need 2 or 3L. The 13AL I used in the pics above is a test and I will upgrade soon.
Also, my "fridge" will go fairly tight places before the inflation tank becomes the main bottleneck. Most divers will hit their 3L bottles way before the inflation tank clinks. Chin-to-chest and "superman" is your friend.
If you must attach to the backplate, this is the way:
Halcyon Mounting Straps for Argon Drysuit Inflation
Secure your argon bottle with Halcyon Mounting Straps for reliable drysuit inflation. Perfect for cold water dives. Buy now and stay warm!
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Two straps. Then bungee around the neck as shown in your pic.
Fat old english bloke
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I emptied a 1.5 litre last weekend over the course of just over 2.5hrs, in a shallow (<22m) but very sawtooth cave.
I will typically use larger SM tins or take a 3 litre aluminium for cave dives, but didn’t bother in this instance.
Managed to partially flood the unit too, just at the point of max penetration, but I could surface and tidy up the mess I’d created.
Both the empty bottle and flooding were user error. Muppetry of the highest order.
Anyway, the point of this is to say that a small bottle is fine for a nice & square wreck dive, but would leave little contingency on a deep wreck dive and would be wholly impractical on many cave dives.
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