Using the adapter just makes for one more potential failure point. Get the
proper hose.  As for threads being close but not just the right match,
what kind of barnyard engineering is this???  How much is your life and
your dive time worth?  This sort of cobbling together invites disaster.

Sam Frushour  

On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, James Dibbs wrote:

> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 09:02:48 +1000
> From: James Dibbs <JDibbs@ma*.co*.au*>
> To: "'Michael A. Graham'" <magraham@ne*.co*>,
>     Wreck <wreckdiver@wr*.co*>, Tech <techdiver@aq*.co*>,
>     Cavers <cavers@cavers.com>
> Subject: RE: 7' Poseidon hose
> 
> Michael,
> 
> You can buy a fitting that screws on to the Odin 2nd stage and allows you to
use a standard hose. This is much cheaper than buying a special hose. You lose
the overpressure relief valve in the hose but if you are using one of the new
first stages (flat on one end) they have an overpressure valve built into them
so it doesn't matter. I'm not sure if Poseidon sell them but a wholesaler in
Australia (Divers Supplies) stocks them.
> 
> You can also screw a standard hose also screws onto a Cyklon 2nd stage. The
threads are a bit loose due to the slight mismatch but the connection is secure
when tightened.
> 
> James Dibbs
> Sydney, Australia
> jdibbs@ma*.co*.au*
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael A. Graham [mailto:magraham@ne*.co*]
> Sent: Tuesday, 27 July 1999 12:55 PM
> To: Wreck; Tech; Cavers
> Subject: WTB: 7' Poseidon hose
> 
> 
> I'm looking to buy a 7' Poseidon hose for a Cyklon and an Odin.  The Cyklon
> and Odin hoses are unique...the Cyklon 2nd stage connection is a metric nut
> while the Odin hose has an upstream overpressure relief valve and a unique
> fitting to attach to the Odin body.
> 
> Michael A. Graham
> "The future will be better tomorrow." - Dan Quayle
> 
> 
> 
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