have you modified your rebreather poll

Mark Chase · 7th May 2008, 21:12

KISS CCR

Switched to SS back box (switched back to original ali for travel reasons)

Switched to Shear water head HUD and display because KISS displays leak and it has no HUD.

Switched to a Golum BOV because Paragans are paper weights only.

Switched to Cooper hoses because they look sexy.

ATB

Mark

Terry · 7th May 2008, 21:33

On my HammerHead I added the plumbing for offboard dil into the loop block. Now, for dil I have onboard plus whatever I am swinging all available to the BOV and ADV.

SkinAndScuba · 7th May 2008, 21:39

Upgrade to FX version last year. Upgrade not significant as far as I'm concerned.
Golem Vario BOV
Quick release for BOV directly to Bail Out Cylinder.
4th Cell with VR3.
HH controllers updated to latest ver last year. Altitude Calibration a must for those of us that dive 99% at altitude.

**Dsix36** · 7th May 2008, 22:43

Replaced the stock backplate with my "Dsix" alum plate/foot.
Turned ADV over so hose is on the inside and readjusted the sensitivity.

The rest of my Optima is pretty well stock - for the moment

sunnyboy · 7th May 2008, 23:07

Prism Topaz:

Replaced stock recreational BCD with Deep Sea Supply (DSS( prism backplate adapter and counterlung yoke, then added AGIR 38lb wing and SS backplate. Replaced stock chest D-rings on harness with DSS "under the counterlung" D-rings.

Finally, replaced the stock Prism mounting plate (flat plastic plate that mounts the head) with a custom-fabricated SS plate. This plate is a 1/8" SS copy of the plastic plate, so looks and works the same, just weighs 10lb.

The main purpose of the mods were

1) Get rid of recreational BCD and back to a tech (HOG) backplate, harness and wing.

2) move weight off the weight belt and onto the rebreather. Now I only carry 10 lbs on a weight harness.

-S

Pelagian · 7th May 2008, 23:10

Dived a stock Meg for about 200hrs.

Have recently swapped out the Apecs 2 electronics for a Shearwater primary and HUD.

2 more planned mods to the Electronics from Narked at 90:

- Replace Molex wire harness with coaxial wire harness

- 4th Cell in Head and a second Shearwater monitor. Primary handset to monitor Sensors 1-3, secondary handset to moinitor Sensors 2-4. This has yet to be confirmed as possible due to space limitations in the head.

5 more planned mods to the pneumatics:

-Adding an inline shutoff to the solenoid feed

-Adding a FFM & BOV with offboard QC's to feed the demand valve

-Moving manual Oxygen injector to the head, so addition of O2 will be downstream of my mouth and upstream of my scrubber and sensors

-Will be moving manual dil injection to the head as well. This will allow me to rear mount my CL's eventually and to get CL's with fewer orifices and seals in em.

-Will be mounting gas blocks similar to the ones on the Sentinel on my chest to accomplish some or all of the above as well as allowing me to plug in offboard gas into the automation.

That's it for the immediate future

Cheers

Seb

osiris · 8th May 2008, 00:48

KISS Sport

(1) Replaced Paragon BOV for Golem and Panorama FFM
(2) replaced KISS Hose "ballast" for Golem hose weights
(3) Replaced KISS Sport with HH Inspiration

Planned / Actual changes to Inspo:

(1) Pritoty 1 - cahnge yelloe (yeeow) Case cover to sexy carbon fibre cover (becasue it is so cool and makes my Inspo classic owning flat mate jealous) (DONE!)
(2) Add Golem BOV and Panaroma (DONE!)
(3) Swapped APV harness and wing for OMS backplate / 94lb wing, golem sidemount (DONE!)
(4) Remove HH Primary, Add 4th Cell VR3 and KISS CMF valve and use secondary and HUD as PO2 monitors as interim step (DONE!)
(5) Sooner rather than later swap HH electronics for Laguna Research electronics (Discussing with Laguna Research now!)

Otherwise, will leave Inspo as standard

Andy Del · 8th May 2008, 10:23

I have completed a number of mods to my CK:

AP quick connect for offf-board diluent via the manifold
Swagelok plastic hoses with pushon connections for dil and O2 lines instead of SS braidd hoses
Added the Jetsam development of quick disconencts for the loop hoses
Added the Jetsam development of a Mares reg for the BOV
Changed out the original black plastic displays for a Subsea kidney, display and HUD.
Added a Shearwater Pursuit, plumbed into the kidney, reading all 3 cells.
Added a Narked @ 90 stand (bloody wonderful)
Added a second O2 cylinder (butt mounted) to boost up O2 line pressure sub 90m to keep the KISS valve working
Added a 1L suit inflation cylinder
Have a URM kidney and pendant display as a spare, just in case!

**RichClark** · 8th May 2008, 12:11

Changes to my Classic KISS

Changed to S/S counterlung case to add weight, length and ease of access to counter lungs
Added Shearwater GF & HUD in place of original Jetsam displays
Re-routed and replaced dil hose to run outside the case
Added Cooper hoses... because I could

Changes planed... maybe

replace Paragon BOV with either a FFM or Golum
Added QC hose to manifold of off board or Added and CCRB gas block for manual Dil add and QC for off board.

Campbell · 8th May 2008, 12:23

Got rid of the auto-scare and put a normal reg inplace, stainless halo, larger wing, Kent tooling cage, 3L suit/wing bottle, removed ADV, mod to make counter-lungs removable, modified harness for fixed d-rings, put a dump pull-chord to right hand shoulder over pressure valve.

Errr........... oh put O2 reg on O2 side of kit, my theory is if i'm carrying it I'd like access to it! It has a flow stop on it and is also bright yellow and tucked away so not easily reached.

I'd be interested on other peoples thought of this? My level 2 trimix instructor (currently doing) is not keen at all for this!!

John

View Poll Results: have you modified your rebreather
No I left it as it was when I purchased it and I dont plan to modify it at all	14	5.51%
yes but I did only small adaptations (harness wing d rings)	89	35.04%
yes I did more serious changes but the rebreather still works on it's original mode	126	49.61%
I deeply modified the rebreather like a scr/ccr conversion	25	9.84%
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7th May 2008, 21:12	#21 (permalink)
Mark Chase I go down for ages Current Rebreather/s: Classic Kiss Other Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Kent Posts: 2,470	Re: have you modified your rebreather poll KISS CCR Switched to SS back box (switched back to original ali for travel reasons) Switched to Shear water head HUD and display because KISS displays leak and it has no HUD. Switched to a Golum BOV because Paragans are paper weights only. Switched to Cooper hoses because they look sexy. ATB Mark __________________ Is it supposed to make that noise ? I took my unit to the dive shop and demanded they bolt on every thing that would fit. Join my elite diving teem and get a Tshirt "Doing It Chasey"Hammerhead Eccr Advanced Diving System
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7th May 2008, 21:33	#22 (permalink)
Terry New Member Current Rebreather/s: Inspiration Vision Other CCR Other Rebreather/s: Inspiration Vision Other CCR Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 89	Re: have you modified your rebreather poll On my HammerHead I added the plumbing for offboard dil into the loop block. Now, for dil I have onboard plus whatever I am swinging all available to the BOV and ADV.
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7th May 2008, 21:39	#23 (permalink)
SkinAndScuba New Member Current Rebreather/s: Optima Other Rebreather/s: Optima Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: South Africa Three Rivers Posts: 39	Re: have you modified your rebreather poll Upgrade to FX version last year. Upgrade not significant as far as I'm concerned. Golem Vario BOV Quick release for BOV directly to Bail Out Cylinder. 4th Cell with VR3. HH controllers updated to latest ver last year. Altitude Calibration a must for those of us that dive 99% at altitude. __________________ Kenneth Wessels #19799 Skin & Scuba The only South African Optima diver 2007/01-2008/07, and to my knowledge the only Africa Optima diver.
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7th May 2008, 22:43	#24 (permalink)
Dsix36 Going Down? Current Rebreather/s: Optima Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Deerfield Beach, Florida Posts: 891	Re: have you modified your rebreather poll Replaced the stock backplate with my "Dsix" alum plate/foot. Turned ADV over so hose is on the inside and readjusted the sensitivity. The rest of my Optima is pretty well stock - for the moment __________________ THE MORE THAT I LEARN, THE MORE THAT I STILL NEED TO LEARN!!!!!!
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7th May 2008, 23:07	#25 (permalink)
sunnyboy New Member Current Rebreather/s: Prism Topaz Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ladysmith, B.C. Canada Posts: 86	Re: have you modified your rebreather poll Prism Topaz: Replaced stock recreational BCD with Deep Sea Supply (DSS( prism backplate adapter and counterlung yoke, then added AGIR 38lb wing and SS backplate. Replaced stock chest D-rings on harness with DSS "under the counterlung" D-rings. Finally, replaced the stock Prism mounting plate (flat plastic plate that mounts the head) with a custom-fabricated SS plate. This plate is a 1/8" SS copy of the plastic plate, so looks and works the same, just weighs 10lb. The main purpose of the mods were 1) Get rid of recreational BCD and back to a tech (HOG) backplate, harness and wing. 2) move weight off the weight belt and onto the rebreather. Now I only carry 10 lbs on a weight harness. -S
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7th May 2008, 23:10	#26 (permalink)
Pelagian Multi-Circuit Meg Monkey! Current Rebreather/s: Megalodon Other Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Inspiration Vision Evolution Sport Kiss Optima Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Leeds, England Posts: 275	Re: have you modified your rebreather poll Dived a stock Meg for about 200hrs. Have recently swapped out the Apecs 2 electronics for a Shearwater primary and HUD. 2 more planned mods to the Electronics from Narked at 90: - Replace Molex wire harness with coaxial wire harness - 4th Cell in Head and a second Shearwater monitor. Primary handset to monitor Sensors 1-3, secondary handset to moinitor Sensors 2-4. This has yet to be confirmed as possible due to space limitations in the head. 5 more planned mods to the pneumatics: -Adding an inline shutoff to the solenoid feed -Adding a FFM & BOV with offboard QC's to feed the demand valve -Moving manual Oxygen injector to the head, so addition of O2 will be downstream of my mouth and upstream of my scrubber and sensors -Will be moving manual dil injection to the head as well. This will allow me to rear mount my CL's eventually and to get CL's with fewer orifices and seals in em. -Will be mounting gas blocks similar to the ones on the Sentinel on my chest to accomplish some or all of the above as well as allowing me to plug in offboard gas into the automation. That's it for the immediate future Cheers Seb __________________ 'Because... I was Inverted!'
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8th May 2008, 00:48	#27 (permalink)
osiris Custom Title Allowed! Current Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Sport Kiss Home Build Other Rebreather/s: Home Build Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Auckland Posts: 230	Re: have you modified your rebreather poll KISS Sport (1) Replaced Paragon BOV for Golem and Panorama FFM (2) replaced KISS Hose "ballast" for Golem hose weights (3) Replaced KISS Sport with HH Inspiration Planned / Actual changes to Inspo: (1) Pritoty 1 - cahnge yelloe (yeeow) Case cover to sexy carbon fibre cover (becasue it is so cool and makes my Inspo classic owning flat mate jealous) (DONE!) (2) Add Golem BOV and Panaroma (DONE!) (3) Swapped APV harness and wing for OMS backplate / 94lb wing, golem sidemount (DONE!) (4) Remove HH Primary, Add 4th Cell VR3 and KISS CMF valve and use secondary and HUD as PO2 monitors as interim step (DONE!) (5) Sooner rather than later swap HH electronics for Laguna Research electronics (Discussing with Laguna Research now!) Otherwise, will leave Inspo as standard
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8th May 2008, 10:23	#28 (permalink)
Andy Del Classic KISSer Current Rebreather/s: Sport Kiss Classic Kiss Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Australia, Sunny Sydney Posts: 391	Re: have you modified your rebreather poll I have completed a number of mods to my CK: AP quick connect for offf-board diluent via the manifold Swagelok plastic hoses with pushon connections for dil and O2 lines instead of SS braidd hoses Added the Jetsam development of quick disconencts for the loop hoses Added the Jetsam development of a Mares reg for the BOV Changed out the original black plastic displays for a Subsea kidney, display and HUD. Added a Shearwater Pursuit, plumbed into the kidney, reading all 3 cells. Added a Narked @ 90 stand (bloody wonderful) Added a second O2 cylinder (butt mounted) to boost up O2 line pressure sub 90m to keep the KISS valve working Added a 1L suit inflation cylinder Have a URM kidney and pendant display as a spare, just in case! __________________ Yellow - the colour of greatness!
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8th May 2008, 12:11	#29 (permalink)
RichClark Classic KISS No. 226 Current Rebreather/s: Classic Kiss Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hove, UK Posts: 766	Re: have you modified your rebreather poll Changes to my Classic KISS Changed to S/S counterlung case to add weight, length and ease of access to counter lungs Added Shearwater GF & HUD in place of original Jetsam displays Re-routed and replaced dil hose to run outside the case Added Cooper hoses... because I could Changes planed... maybe replace Paragon BOV with either a FFM or Golum Added QC hose to manifold of off board or Added and CCRB gas block for manual Dil add and QC for off board. __________________ The more I learn about women, the more I want to go diving... just don't tell my wife I said that To taste something a little different, try http://www.thechillikitchen.co.uk
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8th May 2008, 12:23	#30 (permalink)
Campbell New Member Current Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Portsmouth, UK Posts: 88	Re: have you modified your rebreather poll Got rid of the auto-scare and put a normal reg inplace, stainless halo, larger wing, Kent tooling cage, 3L suit/wing bottle, removed ADV, mod to make counter-lungs removable, modified harness for fixed d-rings, put a dump pull-chord to right hand shoulder over pressure valve. Errr........... oh put O2 reg on O2 side of kit, my theory is if i'm carrying it I'd like access to it! It has a flow stop on it and is also bright yellow and tucked away so not easily reached. I'd be interested on other peoples thought of this? My level 2 trimix instructor (currently doing) is not keen at all for this!! John __________________
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