Where can I buy DIY P valve parts?

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Let me caution you about one thing....if you're going with a balanced p-valve, make sure to get check valves with very small cracking pressures. You can buy replacement check valves from some of the p-valve manufacturers/dealers. If you get commercially available check valves (1psi+ cracking pressure), there's a good chance of peeing all over yourself (and hence the reason I no longer dive with a DIY p-valve....though, I suspect this may be more of an issue for people diving she-p's).
 
Let me caution you about one thing....if you're going with a balanced p-valve, make sure to get check valves with very small cracking pressures. You can buy replacement check valves from some of the p-valve manufacturers/dealers. If you get commercially available check valves (1psi+ cracking pressure), there's a good chance of peeing all over yourself (and hence the reason I no longer dive with a DIY p-valve....though, I suspect this may be more of an issue for people diving she-p's).
Also a good reason to use a non balance P valve.

Anyway I stole an idea and made a DIY P valve today using a Apeks cuff dump. Basically
I machined up a rear end for the cuff dump that feed pee into the cuff dump instead of air.

pvalve-1.jpg
 
Packhorse, that looks good. Have you used it yet?
 
https://www.shearwater.com/products/swift/

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