<p dir="ltr">Hi guys,<br>
I've spent a good amount of time messing around with HP breathing air compressors (I have my own for SCUBA diving) and can volunteer these 2 links as explaining the final filtration process really well.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.neptunoworld.com/articles/compressors.html">http://www.neptunoworld.com/articles/compressors.html</a></p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.michaelmcfadyenscuba.info/viewpage.php?page_id=16">http://www.michaelmcfadyenscuba.info/viewpage.php?page_id=16</a></p>
<p dir="ltr">But in a nutshell, if you're going to be breathing it, especially if you have to bail out at depth, I wouldn't be trusting my life to tampons... The activated carbon and molecular sieve are pretty cheap, and much more manly :).</p>
<p dir="ltr">Using an old hydraulic cylinder also has high potential for adding odours to your air that no filtration will get rid of - there is some good stuff about that in some the Airspeedpress books on diy oxygen systems.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Cheers,<br>
Steve<br></p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 26/01/2014 4:44 AM, "Douglas Suhr" <<a href="mailto:spiritofcalypso@gmail.com">spiritofcalypso@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Never heard that one before! Hank, just tell 'em you're helping your wife by gathering supplies for that "girls puberty class" she volunteers to teach :) <div><br></div><div>Joking aside, if tampons really work I might ask you to grab me some Depends because I'll be peeing myself! But this is what us psubbers are about: Innovation and improvisation. Good work Hank. Can't wait to see Gamma. <br>
</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 12:29 PM, hank pronk <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca" target="_blank">hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<span>Vance,</span></div><div><span>I am taking air off the manifold for the scuba regulator. I have made no changes to the hp system, it is all original. I have a compressor on board to re-fill the hp tanks. I like how convenient it is to fill the hp tanks without taking them out of the sub.</span></div>
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<div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial"> On Saturday, January 25, 2014 10:24:35 AM, "<a href="mailto:vbra676539@aol.com" target="_blank">vbra676539@aol.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:vbra676539@aol.com" target="_blank">vbra676539@aol.com</a>>
wrote:<br> </font> </div> <div><div><div><font color="black" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><font size="3">You lost me here. A compressor? Why not tap into the HP system with a two charging blocks and clamp on scuba 1st/2nd stage regulators? You need a BIBS of some sort, and the simpler the better, as smoke tends to unravel the nerves a bit with a couple of hundred feet of water over your head. What air do you need to pump?</font>
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<div>Gamma has an onboard hp compressor now. Since I may need to breathe the air from the main hp tanks in case of smoke or passing gas :-) I need to filter the air. I am making a filter housing from a hydraulic cylinder and filling it with tampons. I read that tampons work for this. Is that true? I hate buying tampons, !!</div>
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