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At 06:32 20/12/00 , Paul Carre wrote:
>Hi - anyone know where ( if ) there is a decent archive of this group. I have
some questions on manifolds which must have come up a few times in the last few
years.
>
>There appears to be some stuff at www.aquanaut.com but it looks as though it
is not complete to me.
Paul, check out
http://www.tecnoex.com/TecnoEx/Prodotti/Rubinetterie/Manifold.htm
also, the following thread is bursting with information...
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I went and took another look at this thing - one of the dive shops had
four different kinds on display, and let me take them apart.
They had a brand new Sea Elite there. It's center section is reverse
threaded on one end - if you spin it one way, it pushes the tanks apart,
if you spin the other, it pulls them together. That is the adjustment.
The OMS has the metal bond style of the old Sherwodd Selpac manifold on
the inside of the center section, and has a socket to accept the thread
portion of the valve on the other, where the face o ring is "captured"
as Kevin said. There is one and only one setting for this mainfold, or
it will leak. There is no reverse threading.
If you have teh choice of manifolds and are buying, you can eliminate
the Sherwood, the Genesis, the OMS, the Dive Rite and the Thermo
immediately, and look then at the old Dive Rite, the Scuba Pro, and the
Sea Elite. Of those, the Sea Elite is available in 300 bar DIN, the
other two are not.
End of story. Given the choice, the Sea Elite is the winner.
Trey wrote:
>
> A real manifold, like the Sea Elite, has an adjustable center with
> barrel o-rings which can spin if you hit something. The oms isolator
> will not. That is as far as I needed to get to eliminate the oms from
> any serious consideration at any time. Also, the o-ring is a face seal,
> and is the worst way to do it, Kevin. You got fucked, to sum it up.
>
> I have all 300 bar DIN Sea Elite manifolds, but what do I know .
>
> Scaleworks@ao*.co* wrote:
> >
> > Hi George,
> >
> > The only OMS product I use is the manifolds, and the 121's on rare
occasion.
> > I personally like the design of the manifold. What am I overlooking here
that
> > you see as sub optimal? I have rebuilt Sherwood, Genesis, Dive Rite, and
OMS
> > manifolds, and OMS are the simplest, fewest parts, have a true captured o
> > ring DIN fitting on the isolator bar. Besides the poorly designed knobs
which
> > I replace with rubber, what are the drawbacks? Although you can only use
OMS
> > bands with them, the bands are very substantial, and a hell of a lot better
> > than just about all of the open market product, and up there with the
custom
> > stuff.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Kevin
>
> --
rgds billyw
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