J-Valve to an Al80

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The advantage is that a J valve lets you experience all the thrills and excitement of a OOA event without the inherent danger.

Haa,Haa, - Classic.

I have nothing against a J valve, I dived them for years, I just feel it requires a bit more "work" maintainance and dive wise than a SPG - if you are okay with the effort, its no problem.

 

[Gilldiver]

.........but I am just wondering, "Why do you want to change the K valve out with a J valve" - Maybe I am missing something, (its late ) but if you dive with an SPG, I cant see any advantage in the swop.?

A J valve makes carrying the tank around much easier - you get to hook 2 fingers on each side of the valve vs. 1 to 1.5 on one side of a K.

 

[Vita.Vivente]

I remember those days It was quite common to get to that hard breathing low on air point, reach back to open the J valve and find it was already open on it's own :amazed:

Ahh, those were the days!

 

[Wetsuit 4 life]

Thanks for the advice on changing out the burst disk that will save on cost and effort. I have already lined up two j-valves to replace my k-valves, now i just have to change out the disks.

 

[divinginn]

make sure you have the valve in the down position when you go to get fills,otherwise you might get a real short fill,not many tank monkeys are used to dealing with j valves anymore.

 

[Nemrod]

One thing, and forgive me as I momentarily have forgotten the O ring designation but most J valves have the older style "fat" O ring which was intended for 2,250 service and most modern 3,000 service valves have the smaller section O ring. However, I have used the fat section O ring with success, it is more prone to an extrusion event, JMO.

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