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Post by ScoobieDoo on Oct 28, 2003 4:04:36 GMT -8
Anyone have ANY idea WHAT this 'port' IS jutting from the body of the case on this Healthways reg? Ebay "VINTAGE HEALTHWAYS DOUBLE HOSE REGULATOR" Item number: 3634567677  I have NO idea what this IS - and its not in my BASIC SCUBA book... |
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Post by Dennis on Oct 29, 2003 6:33:16 GMT -8
What the photo shows is something that looks like a tire stem valve coming out the top from behind the demand diaphragm of a Healthways "Scuba" single-stage regulator.
I asked Kent Rockwell (super nice guy) of the Historical Divers Society (http://hds.org/) about that.
He said that divers used to put ambient pressure ports on their regulators so that they could run a hose to their camera case in order to maintain equalized pressure in the case. Also, he said that there was a similar arragement with a device that kept the ears dry for divers with perforated ear drums.
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