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Jim Greenlee <jkg@cc*.ga*.ed*> writes: > A "true" mirror image places the long hose on the diver's left post, > which is clearly wrong, as it could be accidentally rolled off. ... The true "doing it left" rig would of course have left-handed-thread valves, so that the right post would be the one that could roll off. Isn't that obvious? :-) > Not to mention the fact that wrapping from the left will dictate the > use of a "left handed" second stage, which is non-standard. The most awe-inspiring bit of convolution I ever saw involved an independent-doubles rig; since the owner wanted his left tank to feed from the left, and the regs took right-hand feeds, he made up a J-shaped metal tube that ran from the reg, did a 180 degree curve downwards, ran under the reg, came up the other side, and connected to the end of the hose. He even had it nicely chromed to match his pony bottle. I was speechless when I saw this setup (oh, and I forgot to mention that the main tanks were olive drab; it might have been a good stealth rig if it wasn't for all the chrome). -- Anthony DeBoer <adb@on*.ca*> -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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