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KISS Your Dolphin Goodbye
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or Is It KISS Your Ass Goodbye???
Author: Andrew Gay-
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The following photos show approx
6 months of thought, Do It Yourself and how to throw a lot of Dräger
bits away.
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My KISS Dolphin consists of the following:
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OMS bladder
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Home made S/S backplate and harness.
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Home made S/S chassis. The chassis incorporates
two side channels for mounting the O2 and Diluent, also the bottom of the
chassis doubles as a stand and a horizontal cylinder rack.
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Dolphin shell
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Dolphin breathing loop (c/lungs, hoses, scrubber
and dosing head).
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Gordon Smith KISS Valve and Swagelok micro filter.
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2 x Dräger Oxy
gauges
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DS4 for 02 add
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Poseidon for Diluent add and shallow bailout
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It is years since I dived
a standard piece of diving kit, I tinker until I get close to what I want.
The various web discussions on rebreathers sparked my imagination. So I
purchased a pre owned Dolphin with the sole aim of making a Manual Closed
Circuit Rebreather.
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What you now see is version MK 3. If I do a MK4 it
will incorporate a VR3 and some form of drain in the c/lung.
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So far I have dived in the sea and in freshwater
to 35 metres, only using air as a diluent. Over the coming months I plan
to extend my diving to 50 metres, incorporate normoxic trimix as a diluent
and sling a side or back mount bailout.
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The rig so far dives very well. Posture and
balance in water is good - the more I dive the rig the better it feels.
I do not want to go back to Open Circuit!!
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Credits
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A very special thanks to Kerry and Dave – you know
who you are!
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