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Originally Posted by Blue_Heron
I knew you could do it, Sandy. Technology is NOT beyond your reach!
I'm going to have to get Denny's recipe for that Scuba tank powered Hookah. Looks like the cat's pajamas.
Dave
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I meant to get some pictures of that rig in the water, but I was preoccupied with chasing bugs, so Sandy's pics are all we have! Will take some more pics and post some info on details of the rig. It was an order of magnitude improvement over Sandy's "Dr. Kevorkian Rig" we used last year . . . a generator powering an airless electric nail gun compressor! (See pics below) I never was comfortable with the combination of 110V AC, extension chord, and a wet boat deck, even though we routed the chord up thru the bimini top!
Got the idea from talking to local dive shop guy who overhauls regulators. I already had a regulator, a couple of scuba tanks and a big tube for towing kids behind the boat (See last pic below). It eliminates all scuba gear but the weight belt, although I do use a snorkle vest for safety. You don't need 100'+ hoses like Ken/Skip have for the in-boat gas-powered rig so it's a little less clutter in the boat, except for the tube, which we just tossed overboard with line attached when we stopped. (Forgot to unhook line from boat first time I tried to use it . . . we're a little low on the learning curve for this rig!) 50' of hose is plenty for most of the spots we dive in the Keys. You also don't have to be as accurate in anchoring the boat close to the spot to be in range of the hoses, since you're towing the air supply in the tube, although we got lucky on our first spot and anchored with the big coral head right behind the boat. Used the tanks right from the boat and got 4 bugs out of it using less than 1 tank of air! Denny
08-04-2012, 02:52 PM
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