Quote: (Originally Posted by
Marc T)
I prefer to open a new thread, for this tittle-question not to disappear to fast or without answer even if I am completely Wrong.
Im very surprised when reading th thread boris-flood that nobody find its abnormal that water can come from the exhale CL-water trap directly in the scrubber.
I guess its due to the special design of the boris so I think a better way could be to eliminate the exhale CL and to place the OPV on the inhale CL.
Hum
I certainly dont get any friend or green on this one
Hang on, hang on So can every other rebreather.
Exhale is into the exhale lung (That is your water trap) then from there into the scrubber
Just like a YBOD, PRISM,, Meg etc etc etc. No different
The OPV should be on the exhale side as thats where you need to be able to clear water - BEFORE it fills the water trap (that is the CL) and gets into the scrubber.
Perhaps you should get more familar with Rebreather design before going on a rant?
I agree its not yet perfect - but thats the OPV fault not a fault with the loop design. One of the issues with teh MK15 series design was no opv to clear water out the exhale side. Its not much good having the ability to clear water out the inhale side (like a MK15 series) if theres no way to clear it out the exhale/scrubber.
The only thing that I think needs sorting on the Boris loop is a more muck tolerant OPV.
Thats not rocket science and Im sure it will be sorted soon. in the meantime keeping crap out the CL would prevent problems happening.
I think its important to keep things factual assuming the agenda is to improve system design and not just to flame