Talk to me about the Conshelf XIV Supreme

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That's what the balanced/adjustable is for!

No, they go with the pilot. Who not want to get caught mixing metal and plastic. But I might consider converting the G250 to unbalanced.

 

[buddhasummer]

You guys are funny, and costing me money, you're the wrong crowd my mother warned me about.

 

[USdiver1]

[Adjusts balls so that typing can be done more comfortably] .... Where to begin with this, on the psychiatrist's couch?

Been diving for 39+ years...most of those years with Connies... Have done commercial work in harbors - [filthy, stinkin' harbors] so know a thing or two about the value of sealed [Supreme] first stages.... Currently DM at my LDS [I DM in the gear sold by my shop, purchased/obtained from their rental gear - I wouldn't subject my vintage Connies or other gear to swimming pool chlorine]...Love my Connies [XII, XIV, SE,14, ProDiver/Royal] also love my Swimaster/Voit/Mares MR-12s and ScubaPro MkV-R109s....Can't beat a Connie for dependable service under adverse conditions... They just don't break, are easy to rebuild, can get parts for them anywhere on Earth...Always use a Connie when doing Open Water DM work, why? Because I can devote 100% of my attention to my students, never a worry about my equipment, whether it is in 40 degree water, at 100 feet, during a night dive, or a combination of all of these...My family dives too...Spouse uses an older Aqualung Legend, one child an Aqualung Kronos, the other child a Mares Abyss MR-22 [spiritual successor to the MR-12]...The Legend and Kronos can trace their heritage to the Conshelf...Nuff Said

 

[Vq-1]

I got this US Divers supreme recently and can anyone explain why the exhaust was widened and is screwed in to the body instead of the standard welding?

 

[happy-diver]

Does the exhaust plate slip into the T for attachment and detachment without impending destruction

with nuts inside the body

 

[Vq-1]

Yes

 

[Vq-1]

A few more pics

 

[James79]

Yes

I would be interested to see inside.... that screw on flange and the exhaust T are of a Kirby-Morgan Superflow 350 (and USD origanally made the KB second stages), but the Superflow has and adjustment knob that yours doesn't. I have a suspicion that you have an early Screw on T Conshelf that someone modded with the Superflow flange and T. If what I suspect is true, under that flange will be either another exhaust spider or signs that an original exhaust spider was cut out.

Respectfully,

James

 

[PartFish]

I would be interested to see inside.... that screw on flange and the exhaust T are of a Kirby-Morgan Superflow 350 (and USD origanally made the KB second stages), but the Superflow has and adjustment knob that yours doesn't. I have a suspicion that you have an early Screw on T Conshelf that someone modded with the Superflow flange and T. If what I suspect is true, under that flange will be either another exhaust spider or signs that an original exhaust spider was cut out.

Respectfully,

James
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James, are you familiar with the KM superflows and Connies? I'm wondering what parts are interchangeable between the two. Someone here installed the KM roller demand lever into a conshelf and I thought that was a nice little touch.

 

[James79]

James, are you familiar with the KM superflows and Connies? I'm wondering what parts are interchangeable between the two. Someone here installed the KM roller demand lever into a conshelf and I thought that was a nice little touch.

I'm familiar with Connie's of all variety, but never had my hands on a KM super flow. I do know that Aqualung originally made the super flow for KM, and I thought I heard that the vast majority of parts are interchangeable. Of course, now I'm looking at a DIY mod for side port Connie's to do a super flow style adjuster knob.....