Help Needed for cylinder valve standards

GKAM · 16th September 2006, 08:19

Take a look here: W+S Water Safety Europe GmbH - O2 Ventil Standards weltweit

It has photos and specs of all the O2 valves you are likely to come across in each conuntry.

HTH
/George

***EBT*** · 16th September 2006, 09:00

Pipped to the post. Nice find george.

It looks like reality varies a lot from these standards though, in some places.

deepreef · 16th September 2006, 09:48

Quote: (Originally Posted by aquaxel)

to get a copy of the cylinder valve threads use a candle with the appropriete thicknes and screw it in. just make sure u keep it cool if in a hot climate. with this the metal shop can determine the specs for cutting the adapter.

Good suggestion! But the problem in my case is that the cylinders are in Vanuatu -- several thousand miles away from me. I have some digital photos, but the wax cast would have to wait until I get there -- which will be too late.

But thanks to all the helpful feedback from this forum and elsewhere, and from my colleagues in Vanuatu, I think I've got it just about sorted out.

Again, my thanks to everyone for their helpful input!

Aloha,
Rich

P.S. When I get all of this stuff sorted out once and for all, I'll summarize it on a web page and let everyone know.

***sadave*** · 16th September 2006, 09:59

Hey, you never mentioned it was in Vanuatu!!!

Talk to Barry Holland at Aquamarine, runs a tech oriented dive shop on Santo, the Coolidge is on his doorstep, or any these forums, Jason Blackwell runs trips there about 5 times a year, does all his CCR and trimix courses over there, or Richard "Harry" Harris spent 2 years in Port Vila working in the hospital and running the Hyperbaric unit, doing lots of deep trimix dives on his classic Kiss.

I'm sure any of these three can help you out no problems.

Good luck

J. V. · 17th September 2006, 09:37

Vanuatu have been under french (and english) juridiction, so it's very possible you found some french standards.
Here description of some of them:
http://www.airliquide.fr/france/CatA...iel/147550.pdf

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GKAM digital nomad Current Rebreather/s: Other CCR Other Rebreather/s: Other CCR Join Date: May 2005 Location: Greece Posts: 252	Re: Help Needed for cylinder valve standards Take a look here: W+S Water Safety Europe GmbH - O2 Ventil Standards weltweit It has photos and specs of all the O2 valves you are likely to come across in each conuntry. HTH /George __________________ Stay #
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*EBT* Apprentice Luddite Current Rebreather/s: Classic Kiss Other Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: UK, Brighton Posts: 1,970	Re: Help Needed for cylinder valve standards Pipped to the post. Nice find george. It looks like reality varies a lot from these standards though, in some places. __________________ Eagles May Soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines! Rebreather World Terms of service Real diving t-shirts for real divers
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deepreef New Member Current Rebreather/s: Other CCR Other Rebreather/s: Other CCR Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 29	Re: Help Needed for cylinder valve standards Quote: (Originally Posted by aquaxel) to get a copy of the cylinder valve threads use a candle with the appropriete thicknes and screw it in. just make sure u keep it cool if in a hot climate. with this the metal shop can determine the specs for cutting the adapter. Good suggestion! But the problem in my case is that the cylinders are in Vanuatu -- several thousand miles away from me. I have some digital photos, but the wax cast would have to wait until I get there -- which will be too late. But thanks to all the helpful feedback from this forum and elsewhere, and from my colleagues in Vanuatu, I think I've got it just about sorted out. Again, my thanks to everyone for their helpful input! Aloha, Rich P.S. When I get all of this stuff sorted out once and for all, I'll summarize it on a web page and let everyone know.
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*sadave* Waiting... Current Rebreather/s: Sport Kiss Other Rebreather/s: Not Bought Yet Classic Kiss Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Brisbane, Queensland Posts: 1,041	Re: Help Needed for cylinder valve standards Hey, you never mentioned it was in Vanuatu!!! Talk to Barry Holland at Aquamarine, runs a tech oriented dive shop on Santo, the Coolidge is on his doorstep, or any these forums, Jason Blackwell runs trips there about 5 times a year, does all his CCR and trimix courses over there, or Richard "Harry" Harris spent 2 years in Port Vila working in the hospital and running the Hyperbaric unit, doing lots of deep trimix dives on his classic Kiss. I'm sure any of these three can help you out no problems. Good luck __________________ Wave!
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J. V. Custom Title Allowed! Current Rebreather/s: rEvo Other Rebreather/s: Not Bought Yet rEvo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lot & Savoie Posts: 239	Re: Help Needed for cylinder valve standards Vanuatu have been under french (and english) juridiction, so it's very possible you found some french standards. Here description of some of them: http://www.airliquide.fr/france/CatA...iel/147550.pdf __________________ -------------------- Jacques NPSFQQA-EDS IT # 007 (remué non agité) Last edited by J. V. : 17th September 2006 at 21:12.
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