Hah! I know someone who ended up on Pawn Stars! I think the way it goes is he thought he was going to answer some behind the scenes questions about a vintage computer, arrives, and ended up in front of the camera as the seller.
Thats the one! I don't remember it being used in any actual special ops missions though? Hervé was pretty nice though. Maybe I need to re-read the book. Very cool that others know about it!
Ah unfortunately it's not a constant addition type thing. It's leaking out of the valve assembly into the water column. It didn't originally do this. I do take it into a shop for yearly service + fill. I don't remember if the shop pulls apart the MAV valve and replaces any o-rings or not. I don't think so. That is why I was wondering about a service kit for it. Also, the smaller cylinder for the BCD inflation doesn't have a burst disc -- so that was never hydroed or anything since it doesn't meet US regulations. I have used a transfer whip and had it up to about 500psi to 700psi tops.
Ah thanks! Yea, I followed it and noticed immediately other people have similar units.
Awesome! I don't really know if it was used in that kind of manner, just that it was from that product line. It looked pretty mint when I got it outside of a few modifications made to it.
I did design a 3d printable fill funnel for the canister. It's canteen shaped and I remembered it being a bit of a pain to fill easily. This helped a good bit, so I published it on thingiverse:
This is a fill funnel I designed for refilling the C96 rebreather canteen-style scrubber with sorb. It press fits on the top screen part and makes it easier to refill the unit.I was able to print wide end up, with supports. The supports only generated around the lip part where it sits on the...
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I need to look at it again, but from my recollection the issue I hit with the top buckles that I couldn't seem to source is that the newer ones are shaped differently which causes them not to fit. The size was right but the company improved the design at some point. Will try to pull it out and look at it soon and post info.
Thanks for all the info!
