What is the hose ID at the bov thanks Darth
Nice!
Thanks. Sorry I forgot to respond to this earlier.
It appears to be 1.5".
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What is the hose ID at the bov thanks Darth
Nice!
First:
Second, I am already well aware that many of you - people that I have come to know a little bit and whose opinions I highly value and respect - do not agree with the configuration I am starting with. However, I hope that you can all respect that what I am actually doing is following the lead of one of my primary CCR mentors - someone with significant experience diving deep (>100m) wrecks on CCR and who was trained by someone who is also a well respected deep wreck diver and CCR instructor. My mentor is someone whom I am friends in real life and with whom I have dived a fair bit.
So, can we leave it at that for the moment and just focus on the merits (or demerits) of the BOV itself?
Well, if you want to put that spin on it... LOL
It did not come with a gag strap just like it doesn't come with breathing hoses. The kit does not include parts that were stock on the unit to begin with and that are re-used in the installation of the BOV.
I have emailed the company to see if I can get WOB numbers, the IP spec for the BOV, and a service manual.
I have been told that Paul Raymaekers at rEvo has an ANSTI machine and has tested WOB on many BOVs and DSVs. Until I have reason to doubt what rEvo says, I am inclined to believe them when they say the BOV has lower WOB than the stock DSV. For CC mode, anyway. I did not ask before about WOB on OC. But I do hope they will get back to me with actual WOB data. I prefer data to faith.
If the BOV turns out to be shite and my experience only serves as a warning to others to run away, run away, well, as long I don't end up seriously damaged or dead, what's the problem?
You can easily get a LPI male fitting with a one way valve.
If you are using a revo mav you do not want to hook up alternate O2 to that - it will blow tiny drops of water into your orifice and solenoid. You need to put in a splitter and hook up your offboard gas (whether dil or O2) to the dil side.
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The rEvo MAV I have pushes gas in the OPV port. O2 or Dil go through the same LP hose straight into the exhale CL. The orifice and solenoid might be misted, but that would require a lot of water ingress...
The ambient humidity is potentially more of an issue than this remote possibility, IMHO.
What I was saying is
There is a port for offboard dil in the Revo Mav, you should be using that if you want to inject offboard O2
You dont want to put a splitter or any kind of QD on the O2 port. That needs to connect to onboard O2 in the dry. If you put any type of QD (qc6, qc4, swagelock etc) on the O2 inlet you will get water into the solenoid or orifice.
Looks like you have a plug on the right side that could be used to swap the bailout hose location?
Looks like you have a plug on the right side that could be used to swap the bailout hose location?