Fitting medium lungs

Diving Dude · 29th January 2007, 19:49

l've just bought some medium lungs to replace the large lungs on my inspo, now do l need to fit shorter hoses for the 02 and dil manual add buttons? or are they the same whatever lungs are fitted.

Johnny Christensen · 29th January 2007, 20:36

Try it out. If you need, then just cut off a bit of the old hoses. APD has a nice reusable fitting system on all their low pressure hoses.
That's a nice feature so you can adjust your unit to your requirements, not some "one-size-fits-badly" system.

colinicky · 29th January 2007, 20:39

Howard
I would say fit the lungs & see how the hoses lay & maybe even try them ona dive or 2 first .If you then think they need shortening then undo the fitting on the counterlung end of the hose & cut a little bit of .1/2 inch max ,put the fitting back on & try again .Tedious but better than cutting 2 much of in 1 go .

The fittings are designed to be reused BUT I have a vauge memory that they may be reverse threaded ,ring ap & check first . I found it helps if you use a little O2 grease on the threaded bit that you screw into the pipe .
HTH
if not let me know & I check on mine
Mine are custom made for the rear lungs

Odin · 29th January 2007, 20:57

I had a set of large lungs with medium hoses when I got my unit.
I swapped to medium lungs and the hoses lay much better (I did want the mediums anyway)
Try it with the hoses you have. You may have to pull them back into the box a bit.
Paul

Mark Chase · 30th January 2007, 10:07

The internal bit of the conector comes of conventionaly and the outer sleve is a left hand thread.

Fantastic hoses I wish they were all like that

ATB

Mark Chase

29th January 2007, 19:49	#1 (permalink)
Diving Dude New Member Current Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Stanmore, SE England Posts: 23	Fitting medium lungs l've just bought some medium lungs to replace the large lungs on my inspo, now do l need to fit shorter hoses for the 02 and dil manual add buttons? or are they the same whatever lungs are fitted. __________________ Howard
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29th January 2007, 20:36	#2 (permalink)
Johnny Christensen RBW Member Current Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Denmark Posts: 306	Re: Fitting medium lungs Try it out. If you need, then just cut off a bit of the old hoses. APD has a nice reusable fitting system on all their low pressure hoses. That's a nice feature so you can adjust your unit to your requirements, not some "one-size-fits-badly" system. __________________ www.johnnychristensen.com Wreckphotography from the cold north
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29th January 2007, 20:39	#3 (permalink)
colinicky RBW Member Current Rebreather/s: Inspiration Vision Other Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: uk Posts: 678	Re: Fitting medium lungs Howard I would say fit the lungs & see how the hoses lay & maybe even try them ona dive or 2 first .If you then think they need shortening then undo the fitting on the counterlung end of the hose & cut a little bit of .1/2 inch max ,put the fitting back on & try again .Tedious but better than cutting 2 much of in 1 go . The fittings are designed to be reused BUT I have a vauge memory that they may be reverse threaded ,ring ap & check first . I found it helps if you use a little O2 grease on the threaded bit that you screw into the pipe . HTH if not let me know & I check on mine Mine are custom made for the rear lungs __________________ Colin I trust my rebreather completely , I just don't trust the user onwards & downwards
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29th January 2007, 20:57	#4 (permalink)
Odin Egbert - the Deco Dancer Current Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: U.K Posts: 142	Re: Fitting medium lungs I had a set of large lungs with medium hoses when I got my unit. I swapped to medium lungs and the hoses lay much better (I did want the mediums anyway) Try it with the hoses you have. You may have to pull them back into the box a bit. Paul
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30th January 2007, 10:07	#5 (permalink)
Mark Chase RBW Member Current Rebreather/s: Classic Kiss Other Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Kent Posts: 2,825	Re: Fitting medium lungs The internal bit of the conector comes of conventionaly and the outer sleve is a left hand thread. Fantastic hoses I wish they were all like that ATB Mark Chase __________________ See my "Doing It Chasey" video where I'm locked into a padded room, naked, with two ball bearings and within an Hour, I manage to lose one and break the other!!! Kevin Juergensen 16/11/08 [/quote]
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