Rebreather hoses and counterlung cleaning

[herman]

Could any of you rebreather divers direct me to some online information on the cleaning and care of rebreather hoses and counterlungs. The reason I am interested in the subject is rebreathers and double hose regulators share the same basic style hoses and both need cleaning. Since I dive a lot of double hose regulators I thought it might be worth learning about proper way to clean rebreather hoses then compairing that to how I clean DH hoses .

 

[steveharriss]

Clean water rinse and left to dry for day to day and Virkon for deep cleaning at the end of the week or when being put away for some time. There are lots of favourites out there but having read this report I decided that this would be my routine.

http://www.therebreathersite.nl/04_Links/Downloads/disinfectant.pdf

http://www.techsupport.technologyindepth.com/documents/english/Manufacturers_Slides.ppt

 

[Dsix36]

If you do not keep up on the cleaning of the hoses, they can tend to get a nasty slimey buildup inside of them that will require a bit of scrubbing with a bottle brush before disinfecting.

 

[darushin]

For a PRISM2 rebreather we use steramine solution after diving and then left to dry open. Then a soft pipe brush to scrub them out occasionally.

Darushin

 

[herman]

Thanks guys, interesting reading.